Judges 20:32

Then the Benjaminites said, “They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said, “Let’s retreat ¹  and lure them ²  away from the city into the main roads.”

biblegateway Jdg 20:32

While the Benjamites were saying, "We are defeating them as before," the Israelites were saying, "Let’s retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads."

biblegateway Jdg 20:32

The sons of Benjamin said, "They are struck down before us, as at the first." But the sons of Israel said, "Let us flee that we may draw them away from the city to the highways."

biblegateway Jdg 20:32

Then the warriors of Benjamin shouted, "We’re defeating them as we did in the first battle!" But the Israelites had agreed in advance to run away so that the men of Benjamin would chase them along the roads and be drawn away from the town.

biblegateway Jdg 20:32

The Benjaminites started bragging, "We're dropping them like flies, just as before!"

SABDAweb Jdg 20:32

And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.

bibleoremus Jdg 20:32

The Benjaminites thought, "They are being routed before us, as previously." But the Israelites said, "Let us retreat and draw them away from the city toward the roads."

biblegateway Jdg 20:32

And the children of Benjamin said, "They are defeated before us, as at first." But the children of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them away from the city to the highways."

biblegateway Jdg 20:32

Then the Benjaminites said, “They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said, “Let’s retreat ¹  and lure them ²  away from the city into the main roads.”

¹ tn Or “run away.”

² tn Heb “him” (collective singular).