Judges 7:11

Judges 7:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp." Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outposts of the armed men who were in the camp.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and you shall hear what they say; and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp.” Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outpost of the armed men who were in the camp.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Listen to what the Midianites are saying, and you will be greatly encouraged. Then you will be eager to attack.” So Gideon took Purah and went down to the edge of the enemy camp.

Context of Judges 7:11

9During that night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. 10If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp.” So he and Purah his servant went down to the outposts of the camp. 12The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore. 13Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a dream,” he was saying. “A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

Judges 7:11 word by word

וְשָֽׁמַעְתָּ֙ מַה־יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ וְאַחַר֙ תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יָדֶ֔יךָ וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיֵּ֤רֶד הוּא֙ וּפֻרָ֣ה נַעֲר֔וֹ אֶל־קְצֵ֥ה הַחֲמֻשִׁ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• what they sayדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• and afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• shall thine handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• be strengthenedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• to go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• unto the hostמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• with Phurahפֻּרָהpûrâh · PurahH6513
• his servantנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• unto the outsideקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• of the armed menחֲמֻשִׁיםchâmûsh · armedH2571

Cross-references for Judges 7:11

• Judges 7:13Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a dream,” he was saying. “A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
• Genesis 24:14May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”
• 1 Samuel 14:8Jonathan said, “Come on, then; we will cross over toward them and let them see us.
• 1 Samuel 23:16And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.
• Ezra 6:22For seven days they celebrated with joy the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because the Lord had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.
• Nehemiah 6:9They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.”
• Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
• 2 Corinthians 12:9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
• Ephesians 3:16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
• Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
• Philippians 4:13I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
• Exodus 13:18So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.

Commentaries on Judges 7:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Unto the outside of the armed men - No doubt the vast multitudes of Midianites, etc., which came merely for plunder, were wholly unarmed; but they had a guard of armed men, as all the caravans have, and those guards were on the outside of the multitudes; it was to these that Gideon and his servant came.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The armed men - The word is rendered harnessed in Exodus 13:18 (see the note). The most probable meaning of the word is arrayed in divisions or ranks.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 The dream seemed to have little meaning in it; but the interpretation evidently proved the whole to be from the Lord, and discovered that the name of Gideon had filled the Midianites with terror. Gideon took this as a sure pledge of success; without delay he worshipped and praised God, and returned with confidence to his three hundred men. Wherever we are, we may speak to God, and worship him. God must have the praise of that which encourages…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Since the enemy camp was spread out across the valley (Judges 7:1, 12), Gideon and his servant could easily sneak in without being seen.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. the outside of the armed men that were in the host--"Armed," means embodied under the five officers established by the ordinary laws and usages of encampments. The camp seems to have been unprotected by any rampart, since Gideon had no difficulty in reaching and overhearing a conversation, so important to him.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 7:11

• Courage
• Phurah
• Pitcher
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In the dictionaries

• Dream
• Esdraelon
• Gideon
• Harod
• Lap
• Midianite
• Moreh, the Hill of
• Abdon (1)
• Divination
• 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