For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
What Does II Samuel 18:8 Mean?
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For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.
and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day.
For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
And the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
For the battel was skattered ouer all the countrey: and the wood deuoured much more people that day, then did the sworde.
And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country, and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed, than whom the sword devoured that day.
And the battle there was spread out over the face of all the land,—and the forest devoured more of the people than the sword devoured on that day.
And the battle was scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest devoured among the people more than the sword had devoured in that day.
For the battle was scattered there over the face of all the country. And the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
The battle there was spreading over the surface of all the land, and ⌞the forest devoured more among the army than⌟ the sword did on that day.
For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Now the battle in that place was dispersed over the face of all the land. And there were many more of the people whom the forest had consumed, than the sword had devoured, on that day.
The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Forsothe the batel was scaterid there on the face of al erthe, and many mo weren of the puple whiche the forest wastide, than thei whiche the swerd deuourid in that dai.
