Judges 1:5-7
English Standard Version
5 They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off (A)used to pick up scraps under my table. (B)As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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Judges 1:5-7
New American Standard Bible
5 They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they [a]defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him, and cut off his [b]thumbs and big toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; (A)as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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- Judges 1:5 Lit struck
- Judges 1:6 Lit thumbs of his hands and his feet
Judges 1:5-7
King James Version
5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
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