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

17He said to them, “Watch me, and do what I do. When I come to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do. 18When I and those with me blow our rams’ horns, then the rest of you around the camp do the same and shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’ ” Gideon and his 100 men came to the edge of the camp. It was the beginning of the midnight watch just at the change of the guards. They blew their rams’ horns and smashed the jars they were holding in their hands. 20The three companies also blew their rams’ horns and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hands and the rams’ horns in their right hands so that they could blow them. They shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” 21While each man kept his position around the camp, everyone in the Midianite camp began to run away, screaming as they fled.

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 column of fire and smoke and threw the Egyptian camp into a panic.
• Matthew 25:6“At midnight someone shouted, ‘The groom is here! Come to meet him!’
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2You know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
• Revelation 16:15“See, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains alert and doesn’t lose his clothes. He will not have to go naked and let others see his shame.”
• Judges 7:8So Gideon sent the other men of Israel home, but the 300 men who stayed kept all the supplies and rams’ horns. The camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
• Judges 7:16Gideon divided the 300 men into three companies. He gave them each rams’ horns and jars with torches inside.
• Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter. You will smash them to pieces like pottery.”
• Jeremiah 13:13Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I’m going to make everyone who lives in this land drunk. The kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all those who live in Jerusalem will become drunk.
• Jeremiah 19:1This is what the Lord says: Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the leaders of the people and some of the 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
• Lap
• Midianite
• Pitcher
• Watches
• Abdon (1)

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