Judges 7:19

Judges 7:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
• New International Version (NIV)Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

Context of Judges 7:19

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. 18You will be all around the camp. I and my group of men will make a noise with our trumpets. Then you must also make a noise with your trumpets. Then shout, “We are fighting for the Lord and for Gideon!” ’ Gideon took 100 men with him to the edge of the Midianites' camp. It was the middle of the night. A new group of Midianite guards had just started their work. Gideon's men made a loud noise with their trumpets. They also broke the pots that they were holding. 20Then all three groups of Israelite soldiers made a noise with their trumpets that they held in the right hands. They broke their pots and they held their burning branches in their left hands. Then they shouted, ‘Fight for the Lord and for Gideon!’ 21They all stood in their places around the Midianites' camp. Then the whole Midianite army ran away! They were shouting as they ran as fast as they could run.

Judges 7:19 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֣א גִ֠דְעוֹן וּמֵאָה־אִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֜וֹ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה רֹ֚אשׁ הָאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת הַתִּֽיכוֹנָ֔ה אַ֛ךְ הָקֵ֥ם הֵקִ֖ימוּ אֶת־הַשֹּֽׁמְרִ֑ים וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙ בַּשּׁ֣וֹפָר֔וֹת וְנָפ֥וֹץ הַכַּדִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּיָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Gideonגִּדְעוֹןgid‛ôn · GideonH1439
• and the hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• with him, cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto the outsideקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• of the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• in the beginningרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: firstH7218
• of the middleתִּיכוֹןtîykôn tîykôn · middleH8484
• watchאַשְׁמוּרָה'ashmûrâh 'ashmûrâh 'ashmôreth · watchH821
• and they had butאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• newlyקוּםqûm · to arise: guardH6965
• the watchשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• and they blewתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• the trumpetsשֹׁפָרshôphâr shôphâr · trumpetH7782
• and brakeנָפַץnâphats · to shatterH5310
• the pitchersכַּדkad · jarH3537
• in their handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Judges 7:19

• Exodus 14:24Just before dawn, the Lord looked down from the pillar of cloud with fire in it. He saw the Egyptian army and he made them become confused.
• Matthew 25:6In the middle of the night, someone shouted out, “The man is coming! Come out to meet him!”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2You know very well about how the great day of the Lord will happen. That day will surprise people very much, like when a robber comes in the night.
• Revelation 16:15The Lord says: ‘Listen! I will come secretly, like someone who robs people. If you continue to watch carefully, you will be happy. Keep your clothes with you all the time. Then, when I come, you will not be ashamed because you have no clothes.’
• Judges 7:8Gideon kept the 300 men with him. He took the food and trumpets from the other men and he gave it to the 300 men. Then Gideon sent the other men home. The camp of the Midianite army was in the valley below the Israelites.
• Judges 7:16He divided his 300 men into three separate groups. He gave a trumpet and an empty pot to each soldier. Each man put a burning branch into his pot.
• Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron sceptre, as if they are clay pots.’
• Jeremiah 13:13Then tell them, “Now I will fill all the people who live in this land. I will fill the kings from David's family, the prophets, the priests and the people who live in Jerusalem. Yes, I will fill them all with so much wine that they become drunk!
• Jeremiah 19:1The Lord said to me, ‘Go to a potter. Buy from him a pot that he has made from clay. Take with you some leaders of the people and some leaders of the priests.

Commentaries on Judges 7:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The middle watch - The old Jewish division of the night was three watches of four hours each. They are alluded to in Exodus 14:24; 1 Samuel 11:11; Psalm 63:6; Psalm 90:4; Psalm 119:148; Psalm 130:6; Lamentations 2:19. After the Jews fell under the power of the Romans, they used the Roman division of four watches of three hours each Matthew 14:25; Mark 13:35. “The beginning” of the watch would be about eleven o‘clock at night.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 This method of defeating the Midianites may be alluded to, as exemplifying the destruction of the devil's kingdom in the world, by the preaching of the everlasting gospel, the sounding that trumpet, and the holding forth that light out of earthen vessels, for such are the ministers of the gospel, 2Co 4:6, 7. God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, a barley-cake to overthrow the tents of Midian, that the excellency of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-20Surprise and trickery replaced the need for a large army. The war cry, the sudden sound of 300 trumpets, and the torches lighting up made it seem like there was a big army.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2416-22. he divided the three hundred men into three companies--The object of dividing his forces was, that they might seem to be surrounding the enemy. The pitchers were empty to conceal the torches, and made of earthenware, so as to be easily broken; and the sudden blaze of the held-up lights--the loud echo of the trumpets, and the shouts of Israel, always terrifying (Nu 23:21), and now more terrible than ever by the use of such striking words, broke…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 7:19

• Armies
• Courage
• Miracles
• Night
• Pitcher
• Strategy
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

• Gideon
• Day
• Dream
• Esdraelon
• Harod
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• Midianite
• Pitcher
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Commentaries on Judges 7

• 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
• EGW Writings