Judges 12:6
“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.”
Judges 12:6 — King James Version
Verse 6 of 15 in Judges chapter 12 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Judges 12:6 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it right: then they seized him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.”
- American Standard Version
- “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.”
Judges 12 — full chapter (King James Version)
And the men of gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto , Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of , and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. And said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of ; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of , and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? Then gathered together all the men of , and fought with : and the men of smote , because they said, Ye are fugitives of among the , and among the . And the took the passages of before the : and it was so, that when those which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of said unto him, Art thou an ? If he said, Nay; Then said they unto him, Say now : and he said : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of : and there fell at that time of the forty and two thousand. And judged six years. Then died the , and was buried in one of the cities of . And after him Ibzan of judged . And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged seven years. Then died , and was buried at . And after him , a , judged ; and he judged ten years. And the died, and was buried in in the country of . And after him the son of , a , judged . And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged eight years. And the son of the died, and was buried in in the land of , in the mount of the .