Translations
— they would say, 'Then say Shibboleth.' But he would say Sibboleth, unable to make his mouth form the word correctly. They would seize him and kill him there at the fords of the Jordan. In all, forty-two thousand Ephraimites fell at that time.
— they would say to him, 'Then say "Shibboleth."' But he would say 'Sibboleth,' for he could not get his tongue to form the sound. Then they would seize him and cut him down at the fords of the Yarden. At that time, forty-two thousand men of Ephrayim fell.
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.