Compare Translations for Judges 20:38

38 The men of Israel had a prearranged signal with the men in ambush: when they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
38 Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in the main ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
38 The strategy for the main body of the ambush was that they send up a smoke signal from the city.
38 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city.
38 The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
38 Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise up from the city,
38 They had arranged to send up a large cloud of smoke from the town as a signal.
38 Now the agreement between the main body of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they sent up a cloud of smoke out of the city
38 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
38 Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,
38 The plan between the main force of the Israelites and those in the ambush was that when they sent up a big cloud of smoke from the city,
38 The plan between the main force of the Israelites and those in the ambush was that when they sent up a big cloud of smoke from the city,
38 The army of Isra'el and the ambushers had agreed that as a signal they would make a huge cloud of smoke rise from the city,
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambush, that they should make a thick column of smoke rise up out of the city.
38 The main Israelite army and the men in hiding had arranged a signal. When they saw a big cloud of smoke going up from the town,
38 The main Israelite army and the men in hiding had arranged a signal. When they saw a big cloud of smoke going up from the town,
38 The men of Israel had arranged with those waiting in ambush that they would make a big column of smoke rise from the city as a signal.
38 Now the appointed sign between the men of Yisra'el and the liers-in-wait was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men of the ambushes that they should make a great signal by causing much smoke to rise up out of the city.
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait , that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
38 Now the appointed time for the men of Israel with the ambush was that they sent up for them a great amount of smoke from the city.
38 And the children of Israel had a signal of battle with the liers in wait, that they should send up a signal of smoke from the city.
38 Now the Israelites had set up a signal with the men in hiding. The men in the surprise attack were to send up a cloud of smoke from the city.
38 The men of Israel had made a plan with those who had been hiding. They had told them to send up a large cloud of smoke from the city.
38 Now the agreement between the main body of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they sent up a cloud of smoke out of the city
38 Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken.
38 Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city
38 Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liersinwait that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liersinwait that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
38 signum autem dederant filii Israhel his quos in insidiis conlocaverant ut postquam urbem cepissent ignem accenderent et ascendente in altum fumo captam urbem demonstrarent
38 signum autem dederant filii Israhel his quos in insidiis conlocaverant ut postquam urbem cepissent ignem accenderent et ascendente in altum fumo captam urbem demonstrarent
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke to rise from the city.
38 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
38 Soothly the sons of Israel had given a sign to them which they had set in ambushments, that after that they had taken the city, they should kindle (a) fire, and that by smoke ascending on high, they should show the city (to be) taken. (And the Israelites had arranged a sign, or a signal, from those whom they had set in ambush, which was that after they had taken the city, they would kindle a fire, and that by the smoke going up on high, they would show that the city had been taken.)
38 And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush -- their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.

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