Judges 20:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites asked, ‘Tell us, how did this evil act happen? ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ (Now the Benjamites [among whom the vile tragedy occurred] heard that the [other] Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) There the Israelites asked, How did this wickedness happen?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?

Common English Bible

³ And the Benjaminites got word that the Israelites had marched up to Mizpah. The Israelites inquired, “Tell us how this evil act happened.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ (But it was not hidden from the sons of Benjamin that the sons of Israel had ascended to Mizpah.) And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was killed, being questioned as to how so great a crime had been perpetrated,

Judges 20:3 Cross References

Proverbs 22:3

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Matthew 5:25

Reach a settlement quickly with your adversary while you’re on the way with him to the court, or your adversary will hand you over to the judge, and the judge to   the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.

Deuteronomy 13:15

you must strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword. Completely destroy everyone in it as well as its livestock with the sword.

Judges 20:12

Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, ‘What is this evil act that has happened among you?

Judges 20:2

The leaders  of all the people and of all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: four hundred thousand armed foot soldiers.

Judges 20:4

The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered, ‘I went to Gibeah in Benjamin with my concubine to spend the night.