Parallel Verses English Standard Version That same night the LORD said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hand. King James Bible And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. American Standard Version And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand. Douay-Rheims Bible The same night the Lord said to him: Arise, and go down into the camp: because I have delivered them into thy hand. English Revised Version And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thine hand. Webster's Bible Translation And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Arise, go down to the host; for I have delivered it into thy hand. Judges 7:9 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe army of the Israelites amounted to 32,000 men (Judges 7:4), but that of the Midianites and their allies was about 135,000 (Judges 8:10), so that they were greatly superior to the Israelites in numbers. Nevertheless the Lord said to Gideon, "The people that are with thee are too many for me to give Midian into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My hand hath helped me." רב followed by מן is to be understood as a comparative. Gideon was therefore to have a proclamation made before all the people: "Whosoever is fearful and despondent, let him turn and go back from Mount Gilead." The ἁπ. λεγ. צפר, judging from the Arabic, which signifies to plait, viz., hair, ropes, etc., and the noun צפירה, a circle or circuitous orbit, probably signifies to twist one's self round; hence in this instance to return in windings, to slink away in bypaths. The expression "from Mount Gilead," however, is very obscure. The mountain (or the mountains) of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan; but the Israelitish army was encamped in or near the plain of Jezreel, in the country to the west of the Jordan, and had been gathered from the western tribes alone; so that even the inadmissible rendering, Let him turn and go home to the mountains of Gilead, would not give any appropriate sense. The only course left therefore is either to pronounce it an error of the text, as Clericus and Bertheau have done, and to regard "Gilead" as a mistake for "Gilboa," or to conclude that there was also a mountain or mountain range named Gilead by the plain of Jezreel in western Palestine, just as, according to Joshua 15:10, there was a mountain, or range of mountains, called Seir, in the territory of Judah, of which nothing further is known. The appeal which Gideon is here directed to make to the army was prescribed in the law (Deuteronomy 20:8) for every war in which the Israelites should be engaged, and its general object was to fortify the spirit of the army be removing the cowardly and desponding. But in the case before us the intention of the Lord was to deprive His people of all ground for self-glorification. Hence the result of the appeal was one which Gideon himself certainly did not expect, - namely, that more than two-thirds of the soldiers gathered round him - 22,000 men of the people - turned back, and only 10,000 remained. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the same Job 4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, Acts 27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, arise I have delivered Judges 3:10,28 And the Spirit of the LORD came on him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war... Cross References Joshua 2:24 And they said to Joshua, "Truly the LORD has given all the land into our hands. And also, all the inhabitants of the land melt away because of us." Joshua 10:8 And the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands. Not a man of them shall stand before you." Joshua 11:6 And the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire." Judges 7:8 So the people took provisions in their hands, and their trumpets. And he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the 300 men. And the camp of Midian was below him in the valley. Judges 7:10 But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant. Judges 20:28 and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, "Shall we go out once more to battle against our brothers, the people of Benjamin, or shall we cease?" And the LORD said, "Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand." 1 Samuel 14:8 Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them. Jump to Previous Arise Army Camp Delivered Hand Hands Host Night RiseJump to Next Arise Army Camp Delivered Hand Hands Host Night RiseLinks Judges 7:9 NIVJudges 7:9 NLT Judges 7:9 ESV Judges 7:9 NASB Judges 7:9 KJV Judges 7:9 Bible Apps Judges 7:9 Biblia Paralela Judges 7:9 Chinese Bible Judges 7:9 French Bible Judges 7:9 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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