Judges 7:21

Judges 7:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
• New International Version (NIV)While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled.

Context of Judges 7:21

19So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle night watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands. 20When the three units blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing, and shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” And each stood in his place around the camp; and all the army ran, crying out as they fled. 22And when they blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord set the sword of one against another even throughout the entire army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. 23And the men of Israel were summoned from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued Midian.

Judges 7:21 word by word

וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ תַּחְתָּ֔יו סָבִ֖יב לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיָּ֧רָץ כָּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֛ה וַיָּרִ֖יעוּ וַיָּנֽוּסוּ׃Read the interlinear

• And eachאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• inתַּחַתtachath · underneath: standH8478
• his placeתַּחַתtachath · underneath: standH8478
• aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• ranרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• cryingרוּעַrûa‛ · to shoutH7321
• as they fledנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127

Cross-references for Judges 7:21

• Exodus 14:13But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will perform for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again, ever.
• 2 Chronicles 20:17You need not fight in this battle; take your position, stand and watch the salvation of the Lord in your behalf, Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow, go out to face them, for the Lord is with you.”
• Isaiah 30:7Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty. Therefore, I have called her “Rahab who has been exterminated.”
• Exodus 14:25He caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians each said, “Let me flee from Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
• 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the army of the Arameans hear a sound of chariots, a sound of horses, that is, the sound of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians against us, to attack us!”
• Job 15:21Sounds of terror are in his ears; While he is at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
• Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Commentaries on Judges 7:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21They stood every man in his place - Each of the three companies kept its station, and continued to sound their trumpets. The Midianites seeing this, and believing that they were the trumpets of a numerous army which had then penetrated their camp, were thrown instantly into confusion; and supposing that their enemies were in the midst of them, they turned their swords against every man they met, while at the same time they endeavored to escape for their…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21The effect to the Midianites would be, that they were surrounded by a mighty host. Their own camp being in darkness, as soon as the confusion of flight began they would mistake friends for foes, and fleers for pursuers. When once fighting had begun by the first casual mistake, the clashing of swords and the shouts of the combatants in the camp, accompanied by the continuous blowing of Gideon‘s trumpets outside, would make it appear that the whole of the…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. 21The warriors stayed in place while God fought the battle (compare Exodus 14:13; 1 Samuel 12:16; Revelation 19:11–16). The Midianites’ camels (Judges 6:5) might have caused panic. Camels usually gave a military advantage, but here they were a problem. They were likely tied up for the night, and camels can panic easily.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 7:21

• Armies
• Courage
• Miracles
• Strategy
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

• Dream
• Esdraelon
• Gideon
• Harod
• Lap
• Midianite
• Oreb
• Abdon (1)
• Cry, Crying
• Esdraelon, Plain of

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