And our enemies said,“ They won’t realize it until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.”

我们的敌人且说：“趁他们不知不见，我们进入他们中间，杀他们，使工作止住。”

我们的敌人说：“趁他们不知道，看不见的时候，我们进入他们中间，杀了他们，使工作停止。”

我们的敌人说：“趁他们不知道，看不见的时候，我们进入他们中间，杀了他们，使工作停止。”

我们的敌人说：“我们要趁他们不知不觉，进入他们中间杀死他们，阻止他们的工作。”

同时我们的敌人说：“趁着他们不知道，还未看见之前，我们就进入他们中间，杀死他们，使那工程停止。”

我們的敵人且說：「趁他們不知不見，我們進入他們中間，殺他們，使工作止住。」

我們的敵人說：「趁他們不知道，看不見的時候，我們進入他們中間，殺了他們，使工作停止。」

我們的敵人說：「趁他們不知道，看不見的時候，我們進入他們中間，殺了他們，使工作停止。」

我們的敵人說：「我們要趁他們不知不覺，進入他們中間殺死他們，阻止他們的工作。」

同時我們的敵人說：“趁著他們不知道，還未看見之前，我們就進入他們中間，殺死他們，使那工程停止。”

我們的敵人並且曾經說過：『趁着他們不知道、未看見，我們就要進入他們中間去殺他們，好使這工作止息。』

敵人曰、乘其不知不見、我儕突至其中殺之、使罷厥工、

敵意將乘其不備、突入其中、殺之、使工作悉止。

我敵相議曰、趁其不知不見、突入其間以殺之、使工作止息、

Also our enemies said,“ Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.”

And our enemies said,“ We will be right there among them. We’ll kill them. We’ll put an end to their work. We’ll do it before they even know it or see us.”

And our enemies said,“ They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work.”

Meanwhile, our enemies were saying,“ Before they know what’s happening, we will swoop down on them and kill them and end their work.”

And our enemies said,“ They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them, and put a stop to the work.”

And our adversaries said,“ They will neither know nor see anything, till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease.”

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

And our enemies said,“ They won’t know or see anything until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.”

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Our adversaries also boasted,“ Before they are aware or anticipate anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”

Our adversaries said,“ They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”

Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than forty of them lying in ambush— men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”

They stir up strife, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.On the third day the Israelites fought against the Benjaminites and took their battle positions against Gibeah as before.Then the Benjaminites came out against the troops and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the troops as before, killing about thirty men of Israel on the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah through the open country.The Benjaminites said,“ We are defeating them as before.” But the Israelites said,“ Let’s flee and draw them away from the city to the highways.”So all the men of Israel got up from their places and took their battle positions at Baal-tamar, while the Israelites in ambush charged out of their places west of Geba.Then ten thousand fit young men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce, but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was about to strike them.The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 men of Benjamin; all were armed.Then the Benjaminites realized they had been defeated. The men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin, because they were confident in the ambush they had set against Gibeah.The men in ambush had rushed quickly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.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,the men of Israel would return to the battle. When Benjamin had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said,“ They’re defeated before us, just as they were in the first battle.”But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, Benjamin looked behind them, and the whole city was going up in smoke.Then the men of Israel returned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had struck them.They retreated before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities slaughtered those between them.They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and easily overtook them near Gibeah toward the east.There were eighteen thousand men who died from Benjamin; all were warriors.Then Benjamin turned and fled toward the wilderness to Rimmon Rock, and Israel killed five thousand men on the highways. They overtook them at Gidom and struck two thousand more dead.All the Benjaminites who died that day were twenty-five thousand armed men; all were warriors.But six hundred men escaped into the wilderness to Rimmon Rock and stayed there four months.The men of Israel turned back against the other Benjaminites and killed them with their swords— the entire city, the animals, and everything that remained. They also burned all the cities that remained.

When it was morning, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

I will attack him while he is weary and discouraged, throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the king

For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

But disaster will happen to you; you will not know how to avert it. And it will fall on you, but you will be unable to ward it off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.