Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man. New Living Translation Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves. English Standard Version But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves. Berean Standard Bible but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man. King James Bible But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. New King James Version But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately. New American Standard Bible However, all the girls who have not known a man intimately, keep alive for yourselves. NASB 1995 “But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves. NASB 1977 “But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves. Legacy Standard Bible But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves. Amplified Bible But all the young girls who have not known a man intimately, keep alive for yourselves [to marry]. Christian Standard Bible but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not gone to bed with a man. Holman Christian Standard Bible but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not had sexual relations.” American Standard Version But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And every female child of women that has not known sexual relations of males save for yourselves. Brenton Septuagint Translation And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save ye them alive. Contemporary English Version But do not kill the young women who have never had sex. You may keep them for yourselves." Douay-Rheims Bible But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves: English Revised Version But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. GOD'S WORD® Translation But save for yourselves every girl who has never gone to bed with a man. Good News Translation but keep alive for yourselves all the girls and all the women who are virgins. International Standard Version You are to allow the young women who haven't yet had sexual relations with a man to live for yourselves." JPS Tanakh 1917 But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. Literal Standard Version and all the infants among the women who have not known the lying of a male you have kept alive for yourselves. Majority Standard Bible but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man. New American Bible But you may spare for yourselves all the girls who have not had sexual relations. NET Bible But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours. New Revised Standard Version But all the young girls who have not known a man by sleeping with him, keep alive for yourselves. New Heart English Bible But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. Webster's Bible Translation But all the female children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. World English Bible But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. Young's Literal Translation and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Vengeance on Midian…17So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man, 18but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man. 19All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.… Cross References Numbers 31:17 So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man, Numbers 31:19 All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives. Treasury of Scripture But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. keep alive for yourselves. Numbers 21:10-14 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth… Leviticus 25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Deuteronomy 20:14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Jump to Previous Alive Children Infants Intimately Kept Lying Male Relations Save Sex Slept Spare Women Young YourselvesJump to Next Alive Children Infants Intimately Kept Lying Male Relations Save Sex Slept Spare Women Young YourselvesNumbers 31 1. The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain13. Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive 19. How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified 25. The proportion in which the prey is to be divided 48. The voluntary offering unto the treasure of the Lord (18) Keep alive for yourselves.--The Israelites were allowed to make slaves of their captives. Shortly after the capture of these Midianitish women, and, it may be, as arising out of it, the law concerning marriage with captives was enacted. (See Deuteronomy 21:10-14.)Verse 18. - Keep alive for yourselves, i.e., for domestic slaves in the first instance. Subsequently no doubt many of them became inferior wives of their masters, or were married to their sons. Infants were probably put to death with their mothers. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew but spareהַחֲי֖וּ (ha·ḥă·yū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 2421: To live, to revive for yourselves לָכֶֽם׃ (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew every וְכֹל֙ (wə·ḵōl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every girl הַטַּ֣ף (haṭ·ṭap̄) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2945: A family who אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that has never לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no had relations יָדְע֖וּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3045: To know with a man. זָכָ֑ר (zā·ḵār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male Links Numbers 31:18 NIVNumbers 31:18 NLT Numbers 31:18 ESV Numbers 31:18 NASB Numbers 31:18 KJV Numbers 31:18 BibleApps.com Numbers 31:18 Biblia Paralela Numbers 31:18 Chinese Bible Numbers 31:18 French Bible Numbers 31:18 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 31:18 But all the girls who have not (Nu Num.) |
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