Judges 20:38
American King James Version (AKJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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,
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
Now the sons of Israel had given a sign to those whom they had stationed in ambushes, so that, after they had seized the city, they would light a fire, and by the smoke ascending on high, they would show that the city was captured.
Darby Bible (DBY)
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
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
The agreement was that they would send up a great cloud of smoke to show the town had fallen.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait, that they should make a great beacon of smoke rise up out of the city.—
King James Version (KJV)
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.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
Webster Bible (Webster)
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.
World English Bible (WEB)
Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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.