Judges 12:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ they told him, ‘Please say Shibboleth.’ If he said, ‘Sibboleth,’ because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and executed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time forty-two thousand from Ephraim died.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ then 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ They said to him, Then say Shibboleth; and he said, Sibboleth, for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.

Common English Bible

⁶ they would tell him, “Then say shibboleth.” But he would say, “sibboleth,” because he couldn’t pronounce it correctly. So they would seize him and kill him at the Jordan’s crossing points. Forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites fell at that time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ they would ask him, then say 'Shibboleth,' which is translated as 'ear of grain.' But he would answer 'Sibboleth,' not being able to express the word for an ear of grain in the same letters. And immediately apprehending him, they would cut his throat, at the same crossing point of the Jordan. And in that time of Ephraim, forty-two thousand fell.

Judges 12:6 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 17:14

To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 18:19

An offended brother is harder to reach than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Isaiah 27:12

On that day the Lord will thresh corn from the River Euphrates as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.

Matthew 12:25

Knowing their thoughts,  he told them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

Matthew 26:73

After a little while those standing there approached and said to Peter, ‘You really are one of them, since even your accent  gives you away.’

Mark 14:70

But again he denied it. After a little while those standing there said to Peter again, ‘You certainly are one of them, since you’re also a Galilean.’  ,

Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour  one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

Judges 12:5

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim. Whenever a fugitive from Ephraim said, ‘Let me cross over,’ the Gileadites asked him, ‘Are you an Ephraimite? ’ If he answered, ‘No,’

Judges 12:7

Jephthah judged Israel for six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.