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.
• 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;
• New Living Translation (NLT)And all the people rose to their feet in unison and declared, “None of us will return home! No, not even one of us!

Context of Judges 20:8

6I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel’s inheritance, because they committed this lewd and outrageous act in Israel. 7Now, all you Israelites, speak up and tell me what you have decided to do.” 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. 9But now this is what we’ll do to Gibeah: We’ll go up against it in the order decided by casting lots. 10We’ll take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from a thousand, and a thousand from ten thousand, to get provisions for the army. Then, when the army arrives at Gibeah in Benjamin, it can give them what they deserve for this outrageous act done 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• as oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• We will not anyאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to his tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• turnסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• into his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Judges 20:8

• Judges 20:1Then all Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came together as one and assembled before the Lord in Mizpah.
• Judges 21:1The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
• Proverbs 21:3To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

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