But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;
WEB
Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.
YLT
and now, this is the thing which we do to Gibeah--against it by lot!
DBT
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we go] by lot against it;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy