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Numbers 31:17–18

17 aNow therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man 1intimately.

18 “But all the 1girls who have not known man 2intimately, 3spare for yourselves.

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Numbers 31:17–18 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

Numbers 31:17–18 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. 18 But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 31:17–18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 31:17–18 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man. 18 Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.

Numbers 31:17–18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. 18 But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.

Numbers 31:17–18 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 Kill all the Midianite boys, and kill all the Midianite women who have had sexual relations. 18 But save for yourselves the girls who have not had sexual relations with a man.

Numbers 31:17–18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 18 But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 31:17–18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him, 18 but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 31:17–18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 So kill all the Midianite boys and every Midianite woman who has gone to bed with a man. 18 But save for yourselves every girl who has never gone to bed with a man. 

Numbers 31:17–18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 So now, kill all the male children and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man, 18 but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not had sexual relations.

Numbers 31:17–18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by sleeping with him. 18 But all the young girls who have not known a man by sleeping with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 31:17–18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 Now kill every male among the little children, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man. 18 But all the females who have not had sexual intercourse with a man, keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 31:17–18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 Kill all of the boys. And kill every woman who has made love to a man. 18 But save for yourselves every woman who has never made love to a man.


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