Judges 2:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 2:4

2 And ^ayou shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ^byou shall tear down their altars.’ ^cBut you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this?

3 Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be ^athorns in your side, and ^btheir gods shall be a ^csnare to you.’ ”

4 So it was, when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.

5 Then they called the name of that place¹ Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.

6 And when ^aJoshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.

Death of Joshua

7 ^aSo the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord which He had done for Israel.

Verse Comparison: Judges 2:4

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American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when the angel of Jehovah spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Amplified® Bible
When the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voice and wept.

Contemporary English Version
The Israelites started crying loudly,

Darby English Version
When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

Good News Bible
When the angel had said this, all the people of Israel began to cry,

King James Version
And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

New American Standard Bible
When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

New International Version
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,

New King James Version
So it was, when the Angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

Revised Standard Version
When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, when the messenger of Jehovah speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lift up their voice and weep,

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