Judges 12:6
ESV, NIV, KJV · TruthBound Bible
ESV
they said to him, Then say Shibboleth , and he said , Sibboleth , for he could not pronounce it right . Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan . At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell .
NIV
they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.`” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.
KJV
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.