Judges 20:27

New King James Version

So the children of Israel inquired of the LORD (the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Israelites inquired of the Lord. In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,

Hebrew Names Version
The children of Yisra'el asked of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

King James Version
And the children of Israel enquired of the Lord , (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Lexham English Bible
And the Israelites inquired of Yahweh (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

English Standard Version
And the people of Israel inquired of the Lord (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

New Century Version
The Israelites asked the Lord a question. (In those days the Ark of the Agreement with God was there at Bethel.

New English Translation
The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God's covenant was there in those days;

Amplified Bible
And the sons of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there [at Bethel] in those days,

New American Standard Bible
And the sons of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the children of Israel asked the Lorde (for there was the Arke of the couenat of God in those dayes,

Legacy Standard Bible
En die kinders van Israel het die HERE geraadpleeg--want die verbondsark van God was in dié dae daar,

Complete Jewish Bible
and asked Adonai what to do. The ark for the covenant of God was there at that time;

Darby Translation
And the children of Israel inquired of Jehovah (and the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Easy-to-Read Version
The men of Israel asked the Lord a question. (In those days God's Box of the Agreement was there at Bethel.

George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of the LORD was there in those days;

Good News Translation
God's Covenant Box was there at Bethel in those days, and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, was in charge of it. The people asked the Lord , "Should we go out to fight our brothers the Benjaminites again, or should we give up?" The Lord answered, "Fight. Tomorrow I will give you victory over them."

Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel asked of Jehovah (and the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the children of Israel axed at the LORDE (the Arke of the couenaunt of God was there at that tyme,

American Standard Version
And the children of Israel asked of Jehovah (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Bible in Basic English
And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the children of Israel asked the Lord: (for there was the arke of the appoyntment of God, in those dayes:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Israel asked of the LORD--for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

King James Version (1611)
And the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, (for the Arke of ye couenant of God was there in those daies,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
for the ark of the Lord God was there in those days,

English Revised Version
And the children of Israel asked of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and axiden of her staat. In that tyme the arke of boond of pees of God was there in Silo;

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel ask of Jehovah, -- and there [is] the ark of the covenant of God in those days,

Update Bible Version
And the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God [was] there in those days,

World English Bible
The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

New Living Translation
The Israelites went up seeking direction from the Lord . (In those days the Ark of the Covenant of God was in Bethel,

New Life Bible
The people of Israel asked the Lord what to do. (For the special box with the Law of God was there in those days.

New Revised Standard
And the Israelites inquired of the Lord (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh, - there, being the ark of the covenant of God, in those days;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,

Revised Standard Version
And the people of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

THE MESSAGE
And they again inquired of God . The Chest of God's Covenant was there at that time with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, as the ministering priest. They asked, "Shall we again march into battle against the Benjaminites, our brothers? Or should we call it quits?" And God said, "Attack. Tomorrow I'll give you victory."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Contextual Overview

²⁶ Then all the children of Israel, that is, all the people, went up and came to the house of God [fn] and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. ²⁷ So the children of Israel inquired of the LORD (the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, ²⁸ and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, "Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of my brother Benjamin, or shall I cease?" And the LORD said, "Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand." ²⁹ Then Israel set men in ambush all around Gibeah. ³⁰ And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in battle array against Gibeah as at the other times. ³¹ So the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city. They began to strike down and kill some of the people, as at the other times, in the highways (one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah) and in the field, about thirty men of Israel. ³² And the children of Benjamin said, "They are defeated before us, as at first." But the children of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them away from the city to the highways." ³³ So all the men of Israel rose from their place and put themselves in battle array at Baal Tamar. Then Israel's men in ambush burst forth from their position in the plain of Geba. ³⁴ And ten thousand select men from all Israel came against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites [fn] did not know that disaster was upon them. ³⁵ The LORD defeated Benjamin before Israel. And the children of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjamites; all these drew the sword.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

inquired: Judges 20:18, Judges 20:23, Numbers 27:21

the ark: Joshua 18:1, 1 Samuel 4:3, 1 Samuel 4:4, Psalms 78:60, Psalms 78:61, Jeremiah 7:12, The loss of two battles at length brought this stiff-necked people to enquire of the Lord; for all the company at this time met at Shiloh, and kept a day of fasting and prayer with great earnestness and solemnity. "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear." Isaiah 59:1

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:22 - and I will Exodus 28:30 - General Numbers 10:33 - the ark Deuteronomy 20:2 - General 1 Samuel 14:18 - Bring hither 1 Chronicles 15:29 - as the ark Jeremiah 21:2 - Inquire John 11:51 - being

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord,.... By the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, and which has the same expression in

Judges 20:18 for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days; in Shiloh, where the tabernacle was.