Judges 7:21

Bible in Basic English

Then they made a line round the tents, every man in his place; and all the army, awaking from sleep, came running out, and with loud cries went in flight.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army began to run, and they cried out as they fled.

Hebrew Names Version
They stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.

King James Version
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

Lexham English Bible
And each stood in his place all around the camp, and all the camp ran, and they cried out as they fled.

English Standard Version
Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.

New Century Version
Each of Gideon's men stayed in his place around the camp, but the Midianites began shouting and running to escape.

New English Translation
They stood in order all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away.

Amplified Bible
Then each stood in his place around the camp; and the entire [Midianite] army ran, crying out as they fled.

New American Standard Bible
And each stood in his place around the camp; and all the army ran, crying out as they fled.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they stoode, euery man in his place round about the hoste: and all the hoste ranne, and cryed, and fled.

Legacy Standard Bible
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Contemporary English Version
The enemy soldiers started yelling and tried to run away. Gideon's troops stayed in their positions surrounding the camp

Complete Jewish Bible
Then, as every man stood still in place around the camp, the whole camp was thrown into panic, with everyone screaming and trying to escape.

Darby Translation
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.

Easy-to-Read Version
Gideon's men stayed where they were. But inside the camp, the men of Midian began shouting and running away.

George Lamsa Translation
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and they blew a trumpet, and fled.

Good News Translation
Every man stood in his place around the camp, and the whole enemy army ran away yelling.

Literal Translation
And they each one stood in his place, all around the army. And all the army ran, and they shouted, and they fled.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And euery one stode in his place aboute the hoost. Then ranne all the hoost, and cried and fled.

American Standard Version
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they stoode styll, euery man in his place rounde about the hoast: And all the hoast ranne, and cryed, and fled.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and fled.

King James Version (1611)
And they stood euery man in his place, round about the campe: and all the host ranne, and cried, and fled.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And every man stood in his place round about the host; and all the host ran, and sounded an alarm, and fled.

English Revised Version
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight.

Berean Standard Bible
Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`bi the cumpas of the tentis of enemyes. And so alle `the tentis weren troblid; and thei crieden, and yelliden, and fledden;

Young's Literal Translation
And they stand each in his place, round about the camp, and all the camp runneth, and they shout, and flee;

Update Bible Version
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they stood every man in his place around the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

World English Bible
They stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.

New King James Version
And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled.

New Living Translation
Each man stood at his position around the camp and watched as all the Midianites rushed around in a panic, shouting as they ran to escape.

New Life Bible
Each man stood in his place around the tents. And all the Midianite army ran. They cried out and ran away.

New Revised Standard
Every man stood in his place all around the camp, and all the men in camp ran; they cried out and fled.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they stood still, every man in his place, round about the camp, - and all the host ran and shouted, and fled.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Standing every man in his place round about the enemies’ camp. So all the camp was troubled, and crying out and howling, they fled away:

Revised Standard Version
They stood every man in his place round about the camp, and all the army ran; they cried out and fled.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Each stood in his place around the camp; and all the army ran, crying out as they fled.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch. ¹⁷ And he said to them, Keep your eyes on me, and do what I do; when I come to the outer line of tents, whatever I do, you are to do the same. ¹⁸ At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon. ¹⁹ So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken. ²⁰ So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon. ²¹ Then they made a line round the tents, every man in his place; and all the army, awaking from sleep, came running out, and with loud cries went in flight. ²² And the three hundred gave a loud note on their horns, and every man's sword was turned by the Lord against his brother all through the army; and the army went in flight as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, to the edge of Abel-meholah by Tabbath.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stood: Exodus 14:13, Exodus 14:14, 2 Chronicles 20:17, Isaiah 30:7, Isaiah 30:15

all the host: Exodus 14:25, 2 Kings 7:6, 2 Kings 7:7, Job 15:21, Job 15:22, Proverbs 28:1

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:15 - there was trembling

Cross-References

Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

Genesis 6:17
For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.

Genesis 7:3
And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

Genesis 7:4
For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

Genesis 7:6
And Noah was six hundred years old when the waters came flowing over all the earth.

Genesis 7:7
And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.

Genesis 7:15
They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

Genesis 7:17
And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

Genesis 7:20
The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.

Genesis 7:22
Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they stood every man in his place around the camp,.... To see the salvation of God, and that it might most clearly appear to be his own doing; and indeed, had they gone into it, they could have done nothing; they had no weapons in their hands, a trumpet in one hand, and a lamp in the other; though this their position served to increase the terror of the enemy, who might suppose that they stood either to light and introduce a large army at the back of them; or to light the forces already in the midst of them, while they destroyed them; which latter seems rather to be the thing their imaginations were possessed with, since they fell to slaying their fellows, supposing them to be enemies, as in the following verse:

and all the host ran, and cried, and fled; or "were broken" l; as some render the first word, their lines were broken; they could not put themselves in rank and file, but were thrown into the utmost confusion; and cried as being in the utmost danger of their lives, and fled for their safety as fast, as they could; see Isaiah 27:13.

l רוץ "confracta", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The effect to the Midianites would be, that they were surrounded by a mighty host. Their own camp being in darkness, as soon as the confusion of flight began they would mistake friends for foes, and fleers for pursuers. When once fighting had begun by the first casual mistake, the clashing of swords and the shouts of the combatants in the camp, accompanied by the continuous blowing of Gideon’s trumpets outside, would make it appear that the whole of the enemy was in the camp. Suspicion of treachery on the part of their allies would also be likely to arise in the minds of Midianites, Amalekites, and Arabs. Compare a similar scene in marginal references.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 7:21. They stood every man in his place — Each of the three companies kept its station, and continued to sound their trumpets. The Midianites seeing this, and believing that they were the trumpets of a numerous army which had then penetrated their camp, were thrown instantly into confusion; and supposing that their enemies were in the midst of them, they turned their swords against every man they met, while at the same time they endeavoured to escape for their lives. No stratagem was ever better imagined, better executed, or more completely successful.