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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
והמועד היה לאיש ישראל--עם הארב הרב להעלותם משאת העשן מן העיר
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vhmv`d hyh lAySH ySHrAl--`m hArb hrb lh`lvtm mSHAt h`SHn mn h`yr

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
signum autem dederant filii Israhel his quos in insidiis conlocaverant ut postquam urbem cepissent ignem accenderent et ascendente in altum fumo captam urbem demonstrarent

King James Variants
American King James Version   
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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush, that they should make a great flame with smoke rising up out of the city.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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 King James Version   
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,
21st Century King James Version   
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.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
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.
Darby Bible Translation   
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
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
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.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
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.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
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
God's Word   
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.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
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,
International Standard Version   
Meanwhile, the army of Israel had arranged to signal their soldiers who had been hiding in ambush by sending up a cloud of smoke from the city.
NET Bible   
The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,
New American Standard Bible   
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.
New International Version   
The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
New Living Translation   
They had arranged to send up a large cloud of smoke from the town as a signal.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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.
The World English Bible   
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.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The Israelites had agreed a sign with their men who were hiding. When those men ran into Gibeah and they destroyed everything there, they would make the sign. They would light a big fire so that the smoke went up into the sky.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
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.
New Life Version   
The men of Israel had agreed that the men who had been hiding should make a big cloud of smoke rise from the city. It would be something special for them to see.
The Voice Bible   
Their plan was that when the ambushers sent a cloud of smoke from the city,
Living Bible   
So the Lord helped Israel defeat Benjamin, and the Israeli army killed 25,100 men of Benjamin that day, leaving but a tiny remnant of their forces. Summary of the Battle: The army of Israel retreated from the men of Benjamin in order to give the ambush more room for maneuvering. When the men of Benjamin had killed about thirty of the Israelis, they were confident of a massive slaughter just as on the previous days. But then the men in ambush rushed into the village and slaughtered everyone in it, and set it on fire. The great cloud of smoke pouring into the sky was the signal for the Israeli army to turn around and attack the army of Benjamin,
New Catholic Bible   
The Israelites had arranged with those who were in ambush that they should raise up flame and a great cloud of smoke from out of the city.
Legacy Standard Bible   
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.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
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.
Christian Standard Bible   
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,
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke arise from the city,
New Century Version   
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.
The Message   
The ambush erupted and made quick work of Gibeah. The ambush spread out and massacred the city. The strategy for the main body of the ambush was that they send up a smoke signal from the city. Then the men of Israel would turn in battle. When that happened, Benjamin had killed about thirty Israelites and thought they were on their way to victory, yelling out, “They’re on the run, just as in the first battle!” But then the signal went up from the city—a huge column of smoke. When the Benjaminites looked back, there it was, the whole city going up in smoke.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
This was the signal for the men of Israel and for those in the ambush: When they saw a great cloud of smoke coming up from the city,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
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
Good News Translation®   
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,
Wycliffe Bible   
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.)
Contemporary English Version   
but this time they had a different plan. They said, “When the men of Benjamin attack, we will run off and let them chase us away from the town and into the country roads.” The soldiers of Benjamin attacked the Israelite army and started pushing it back from the town. They killed about 30 Israelites in the fields and along the road between Gibeah and Bethel. The men of Benjamin were thinking, “We're mowing them down like we did before.” The Israelites were running away, but they headed for Baal-Tamar, where they regrouped. They had set an ambush, and they were sure it would work. Ten thousand of Israel's best soldiers had been hiding west of Gibeah, and as soon as the men of Benjamin chased the Israelites into the countryside, these 10,000 soldiers made a surprise attack on the town gates. They dashed in and captured Gibeah, killing everyone there. Then they set the town on fire, because the smoke would be the signal for the other Israelite soldiers to turn and attack the soldiers of Benjamin. The fighting had been so heavy around the soldiers of Benjamin, that they did not know the trouble they were in. But then they looked back and saw clouds of smoke rising from the town. They looked in front and saw the soldiers of Israel turning to attack. This terrified them, because they realized that something horrible was happening. And it was horrible—over 25,000 soldiers of Benjamin died that day, and those who were left alive knew that the Lord had given Israel the victory.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
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
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
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
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
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
Common English Bible © 2011   
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,
Amplified Bible © 2015   
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 from the city.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
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
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The arrangement the men of Israel had with the men in ambush was that they would send up a smoke signal from the city,
New American Standard Bible   
Now the agreed 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.
The Expanded Bible   
Now the Israelites had set up a signal with the men in hiding. The men in the ·surprise attack [ambush] were to send up a cloud of smoke from the city.
Tree of Life Version   
Now there was a prearranged sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush—they would make a great beacon of smoke rise up from the town—
Revised Standard Version   
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
New International Reader's Version   
The Israelites 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.
BRG Bible   
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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
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,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
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
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Now there was a mo’ed (appointed agreement) between the Ish Yisroel and the ones ambushing, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the Ir.
Names of God Bible   
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.
Modern English Version   
The men of Israel had made an agreement with the ambushing force that when they sent up a large amount of smoke from the city,
Easy-to-Read Version   
Now the men of Israel had made a plan with the men who were hiding. The men who were hiding were supposed to send a special signal. They were supposed to make a big cloud of smoke.
International Children’s Bible   
Now the men of Israel had made a plan with the men in hiding. The men in the surprise attack were to send up a signal. It was to be a big cloud of smoke from the city.
Lexham English Bible   
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.
New International Version - UK   
The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke from the city,