Judges 20:8

Judges 20:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
• New International Version (NIV)All the men rose up together as one, saying, “None of us will go home. No, not one of us will return to his house.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all the people arose as one man, saying, "None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So all the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, nor will any turn back to his house;

Context of Judges 20:8

6Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel. 7Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.” Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house. 9Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates. 10We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”

Judges 20:8 word by word

וַיָּ֙קָם֙ כָּל־הָעָ֔ם כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֤א נֵלֵךְ֙ אִ֣ישׁ לְאָהֳל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א נָס֖וּר אִ֥ישׁ לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Then allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• stoodקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• as oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Not oneלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• Not oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• of us will returnהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to his tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• ·סוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• to his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Judges 20:8

• Judges 20:1Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
• Judges 21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
• Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Commentaries on Judges 20:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8We will not any of us go to his tent - We will have satisfaction for this wickedness before we return home.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8They bound themselves not to break up and disperse until they had punished the wickedness of Gibeah.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-48These two epilogues (Judges 17–18 and 19–21) show that inspired but unstructured leadership cannot last. As society moved toward chaos and civil war, the phrase, In those days there was no king in Israel appears four times. The phrase, everyone did what was right in his own eyes is added twice (Judges 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25). The era of inspired leadership declined and ended in disorder. Something important was missing.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-178-13. all the people arose as one man--The extraordinary unanimity that prevailed shows, that notwithstanding great disorders had broken out in many parts, the people were sound at the core; and remembering their national covenant with God, they now felt the necessity of wiping out so foul a stain on their character as a people. It was resolved that the inhabitants of Gibeah should be subjected to condign punishment. But the resolutions were conditional…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Congregation
• Fetch
• Gibeah
• Glean
• Trust
• Wickedness
• Wolf
• Archery
• Israel, History of
• Judah, Kingdom of

Commentaries on Judges 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary