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 and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout Israel’s territory, because they have committed a wicked outrage in Israel. 7Look, all of you are Israelites. Give your judgment and verdict here and now.” Then all the people stood united and said, “None of us will go to his tent or return to his house. 9Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will attack it. By lot 10we will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred out of every thousand, and one thousand out of every ten thousand to get provisions for the troops when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for all the outrage they 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• as oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• We will not anyאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to his tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• turnסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• into his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Judges 20:8

• Judges 20:1All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the Lord at Mizpah.
• Judges 21:1The men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah: “None of us will give his daughter to a Benjaminite in marriage.”
• Proverbs 21:3Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

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