Judges 20:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 20:9

7 Look! All of you are children of Israel; ^agive your advice and counsel here and now!”

8 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;

9 but now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: We will go up ^aagainst it by lot.

10 We will take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to make provisions for the people, that when they come to Gibeah in Benjamin, they may repay all the vileness that they have done in Israel.”

11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, united together as one man.

12 ^aThen the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?

13 Now therefore, deliver up the men, ^athe perverted men who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and ^bremove the evil from Israel!” But the children of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brethren, the children of Israel.

14 Instead, the children of Benjamin gathered together from their cities to Gibeah, to go to battle against the children of Israel.

15 And from their cities at that time ^athe children of Benjamin numbered twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred select men.

16 Among all this people were seven hundred select men who were ^aleft-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair’s breadth and not miss.

Verse Comparison: Judges 20:9

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American Standard Version
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: `we will go up' against it by lot;

Amplified® Bible
But now this we will do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot against it,

Contemporary English Version
We'll send one tenth of the men from each tribe to get food for the army. And we'll ask God who should attack Gibeah, because those men deserve to be punished for committing such a horrible crime in Israel."

Darby English Version
But now this is what we will do to Gib'e-ah: we will go up against it by lot,

Good News Bible
This is what we will do: we will draw lots and choose some men to attack Gibeah.

King James Version
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;

New American Standard Bible
"But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah; {we will go up} against it by lot.

New International Version
But now this is what we'll do to Gibeah: We'll go up against it as the lot directs.

New King James Version
but now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: We will go up against it by lot.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But now this we will do to Gibeah; we will go up against it by lot.

Revised Standard Version
But now this is what we will do to Gib'e-ah: we will go up against it by lot,

Young's Literal Translation
and now, this `is' the thing which we do to Gibeah -- against it by lot!

New English Translation
Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.¹

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