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

6And I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance; for they have committed an outrageous sin and vile act in Israel. 7Behold, all you sons of Israel, give your response and advice here.” Then all the people rose up as one person, saying, “Not one of us will go to his tent, nor will any of us go home. 9But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up against it by lot. 10And we will take ten men out of a hundred throughout the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand to supply provisions for the people, so that when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, they may punish them for all the vile sin that 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
• roseקָמָיqûm · (Leb)-kamaiH6965
• as oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• personאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Not oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• of us will goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to his tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• of us goסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Judges 20:8

• Judges 20:1Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one person to the Lord at Mizpah.
• Judges 21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin in marriage.”
• Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice Is preferred by the Lord more than sacrifice.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity, 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