I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened.
Judges 19:29 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And when he entered his house, he took a knife, and laying hold of his concubine he divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when he came into his house, he took a knife, and took hold of his dead concubine and divided her [body] limb by limb into twelve pieces and sent her [body] throughout all the territory of Israel. American Standard Version (1901) And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel. Common English Bible When he got home, he picked up a knife, took his secondary wife, and chopped her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces. Then he sent them into all the areas of Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had arrived, he took up a sword, and he cut into pieces the dead body of his wife, with her bones, into twelve parts. And he sent the pieces into all the parts of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he was come home he took a sword, and divided the dead body of his wife with her bones into twelve parts: and sent the pieces into all the borders of Israel. |
I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened.
He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.