Catholic Public Domain Version
"And those who before had pretended to flee, turning their faces, withstood them more strongly. And when the sons of Benjamin had seen this, they turned their backs in flight, "
— Judges 20:41, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.”
“And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them. ”
“The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.”
“When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.”
“They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces, stood bravely against them. Which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs,”
“And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.”
“And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.”
Now the sons of Israel had given a sign to those whom they had stationed in ambushes, so that, after they had seized the city, they would light a fire, and by the smoke ascending on high, they would show that the city was captured.
And then, the sons of Israel discerned this sign during the battle (for the sons of Benjamin had thought that they fled, and they pursued them forcefully, cutting down thirty men from their army).
And they saw something like a pillar of smoke ascending from the city. Likewise, Benjamin, looking back, discerned that the city was captured, for the flames were being carried on high.
And those who before had pretended to flee, turning their faces, withstood them more strongly. And when the sons of Benjamin had seen this, they turned their backs in flight,
and they began to go toward the way of the desert, with the adversary pursuing them to that place also. Moreover, those who had set fire to the city also met them.
And so it happened that they were cut down on both sides by the enemies, nor was there any respite for the dying. They were killed and struck down on the eastern side of the city of Gibeah.
Now those who were put to death in the same place were eighteen thousand men, all very robust fighters.