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Judges 12:6

WEB

6then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.

KJV

6Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

BSB

6they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.

FBV

6they would tell him, “Say Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim he would say “Sibboleth” because he couldn't pronounce it right, and they'd grab him and kill him there at the Jordan fords. A total of 42,000 were killed at that time.

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Extra References

Ecclesiastes 10:12

12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

Matthew 12:25

25Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

Proverbs 18:19

19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

Psalms 69:2

2I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Galatians 5:15

15But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

Proverbs 17:14

14The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

Mark 14:70

70But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, “You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it.”

Matthew 26:73

73After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, “Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.”

Psalms 69:15

15Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.

Isaiah 27:12

12It will happen in that day that the LORD will thresh from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt; and you will be gathered one by one, children of Israel.