Judges 20:38

Judges 20:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
• New International Version (NIV)The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in the main ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise up from the city,

Context of Judges 20:38

36So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set against Gibeah. 37And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city. 39And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.: 40But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.

Judges 20:38 word by word

וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד הָיָ֛ה לְאִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עִם־הָאֹרֵ֑ב הֶ֕רֶב לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם מַשְׂאַ֥ת הֶעָשָׁ֖ן מִן־הָעִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

• Nowהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• appointedמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: signal appointedH4150
• signמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: signal appointedH4150
• betweenעִם‛im · withH5973
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• waitאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• cloudמַשְׂאֵתmaώ'êth · tributeH4864
• smokeעָשָׁן‛âshân · smokeH6227
• riseעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• outמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892

People and places in Judges 20:38

• Israel

Commentaries on Judges 20:38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 38Now there was an appointed sign - From this verse to the end of the chapter we have the details of the same operations which are mentioned, in a general way, in the preceding part of the chapter.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-48This section provides another description of the battle.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-4829-48. And Israel set liers-in-wait round about Gibeah--A plan was formed of taking that city by stratagem, similar to that employed in the capture of Ai [Jos 8:9].Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 20:38

• Ambush
• Armies
• Strategy

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Liers-in-Wait
• Congregation
• Fetch
• Gibeah
• Glean
• Trust
• Wickedness
• Wolf
• Archery

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