Judges 3:28

Judges 3:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
• New International Version (NIV)“Follow me,” he ordered, “for the Lord has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands.” So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan that led to Moab; they allowed no one to cross over.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Follow after me, for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said to them, “Follow me, for the Lord has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him, seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

Context of Judges 3:28

26While the servants were waiting outside the king's room, Ehud had escaped. He went past the stone idols, and he ran to Seirah. 27When he arrived there in the hill country of Ephraim, he made a loud noise with a trumpet. He led the Israelites down from the hills. He said to them, ‘Follow me! The Lord will put your enemy, the Moabites, under your power!’ The Israelites followed him to the Jordan River, near the border of Moab. They would not let anyone go across the river. 29That day they killed about 10,000 Moabite soldiers. They were all strong, brave fighters, but none of them escaped. 30The Israelites won the fight against Moab that day. The land of Israel had peace for 80 years.

Judges 3:28 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ רִדְפ֣וּ אַחֲרַ֔י כִּֽי־נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת־מוֹאָ֖ב בְּיֶדְכֶ֑ם וַיֵּרְד֣וּ אַחֲרָ֗יו וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ אֶת־מַעְבְּר֤וֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ לְמוֹאָ֔ב וְלֹֽא־נָתְנ֥וּ אִ֖ישׁ לַעֲבֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto them, Followרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• me: for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath deliveredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• your enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• the Moabitesמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• into your handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• And they went downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• him, and tookלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• the fordsמַעֲבָרָהma‛ăbâr ma‛ăbârâh · fordH4569
• of Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• and sufferedנָתַןnâthan · to give: allowH5414
• not a manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• to pass overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674

Cross-references for Judges 3:28

• Judges 4:10Barak told the men from Zebulun and Naphtali to go with him to Kedesh. 10,000 men came to follow him. Deborah also went with him.
• Judges 7:17Gideon said to his men, ‘Watch me carefully. When we get near to the enemy's camp, you must do the same thing that I do.
• Judges 7:9That night the Lord said to Gideon, ‘Get up now. Go down and attack the camp of the Midianites. I have put them under your power.
• 1 Samuel 17:47The Lord does not need swords or spears to save his people. Everyone here will soon know that! The Lord is the one who fights our battles. He will put you under our power.’
• Judges 12:5After that, Gilead's army put guards at the places where people could go across the Jordan River. They wanted to stop people from Ephraim going across the river. If one of Ephraim's soldiers was trying to escape, they would ask him, ‘Do you belong to Ephraim's tribe?’ The man would say, ‘No, I do not!’
• Joshua 2:7So the king's officers went out of the city to try to find the two Israelite men. They went along the road to the Jordan River, to the place where the road crosses the river. As soon as they had left, people shut the city gate.

Commentaries on Judges 3:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Took the fords of Jordan - It is very likely that the Moabites, who were on the western side of Jordan, hearing of the death of Eglon, were panic-struck, and endeavored to escape over Jordan at the fords near Jericho, when Ehud blew his trumpet in the mountains of Ephraim, and thus to get into the land of the Moabites, which lay on the east of Jordan; but Ehud and his men, seizing the only pass by which they could make their escape, slew ten thousand of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Ehud “went down” from the mountain of Ephraim into the Jordan valley beneath it, straight to the Jordan fords Joshua 2:7, so as to intercept all communication between the Moabites on the west side and their countrymen on the east.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened, and Moab strengthened against them. If lesser troubles do not do the work, God will send greater. When Israel prays again, God raises up Ehud. As a judge, or minister of Divine justice, Ehud put to death Eglon, the king of Moab, and thus executed the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-28blew the ram’s horn: The trumpet sound and the call "Follow me" came with a promise of victory from God through the chosen rescuer.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. they went down after him, and took the fords--(See on Jos 2:7). With the view of preventing all escape to the Moabite coast, and by the slaughter of ten thousand men [Jud 3:29], Ehud rescued his country from a state of ignominious vassalage.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 3:28

• Deception
• Eglon
• Israel
• Jordan
• Judge

In the dictionaries

• Jordan
• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Moab, Moabite
• Close
• Dirt
• Ehud
• Errand
• Ford

Commentaries on Judges 3

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary