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Judges 20:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 5 And the inhabitants* of Gibʹe·ah rose up against me and surrounded the house by night. They meant to kill me, but they raped my concubine instead, and she died.+

Judges 20:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 And the landowners of Gibʹe·ah proceeded to rise up against me and to surround the house against me by night. It was I that they figured on killing, but it was my concubine that they raped,+ and she gradually died.+

Judges 20:5

The Bible in Living English
- 5 and the citizens of Gibeah mobbed me, surrounding the house I was in at night; they thought of killing me, and they outraged my concubine so that she died of it;

Judges 20:5

American Standard Version
- 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

Judges 20:5

The Emphasized Bible
- 5 And the owners of Gibeah rose up against me, and beset the house for my sake by night,—me they thought to slay, and my concubine they so humbled that she died.

Judges 20:5

King James Version
- 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.