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Young's Literal Translation

Judges 20:7

lo, ye [are] all sons of Israel; give for you a word and counsel here.'

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Mizpah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gibeah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Look, all of you are Israelites. Give your judgment and verdict here and now.”
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, you children of Yisra'el, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.
King James Version
Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Lexham English Bible
Look, all you Israelites! Make your decision and advice here."
English Standard Version
Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here."
New Century Version
Now, all you Israelites, speak up. What is your decision?"
New English Translation
All you Israelites, make a decision here!"
Amplified Bible
"Now then, all you sons of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here [regarding what should be done]."
New American Standard Bible
"Behold, all you sons of Israel, give your response and advice here."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Behold, ye are al children of Israel: giue your aduise, and counsell herein.
Legacy Standard Bible
Hier is julle, kinders van Israel, nou almal: gee julle hier woord en raad!
Contemporary English Version
You are the people of Israel, and you must decide today what to do about the men of Gibeah.
Complete Jewish Bible
Look, you are all people of Isra'el. So discuss what to do, and give your advice here and now."
Darby Translation
Behold, all ye, children of Israel, deliberate and give here [your] counsel.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now, all you men of Israel, speak up. Give your decision about what we should do."
George Lamsa Translation
Behold, you are all here, O children of Israel, give an answer and counsel concerning this crime.
Good News Translation
All of you here are Israelites. What are we going to do about this?"
Literal Translation
Behold, you are the sons of Israel. Give here your advice and counsel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, here are ye children of Israel: aduyse you well, and take this matter in hande.
American Standard Version
Behold, ye children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.
Bible in Basic English
Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde ye are all children of Israel, geue your aduice and counsel herein.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, ye are all here, children of Israel, give here your advice and council.'
King James Version (1611)
Behold, ye are all children of Israel, giue here your aduise and counsell.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, all ye are children of Israel; and consider and take counsel here among yourselves.
English Revised Version
Behold, ye children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.
Berean Standard Bible
Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle ye sones of Israel ben present; deme ye, what ye owen do.
Update Bible Version
Look, you sons of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, ye [are] all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
World English Bible
Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.
New King James Version
Look! All of you are children of Israel; give your advice and counsel here and now!"
New Living Translation
Now then, all of you—the entire community of Israel—must decide here and now what should be done about this!"
New Life Bible
All you people of Israel, say what should be done."
New Revised Standard
So now, you Israelites, all of you, give your advice and counsel here."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! ye all, are sons of Israel, - give your word and counsel, here.
Douay-Rheims Bible
You are all here, O children of Israel, determine what you ought to do.
Revised Standard Version
Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, all you sons of Israel, give your advice and counsel here."

Contextual Overview

1 And all the sons of Israel go out, and the company is assembled as one man, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah, at Mizpeh. 2 And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword. 3 And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel say, `Speak ye, how hath this evil been?' 4 And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, `Into Gibeah (which [is] to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge; 5 and rise against me do the masters of Gibeah -- and they go round the house against me by night -- me they thought to slay, and my concubine they have humbled, and she dieth; 6 and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel; 7 lo, ye [are] all sons of Israel; give for you a word and counsel here.' 8 And all the people rise as one man, saying, `None of us doth go to his tent, and none of us doth turn aside to his house; 9 and now, this [is] the thing which we do to Gibeah -- against it by lot! 10 and we have taken ten men of a hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of a myriad, to receive provision for the people, to do, at their coming to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly which it hath done in Israel.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye are all: Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 14:1, Deuteronomy 14:2, 1 Corinthians 5:1, 1 Corinthians 5:6, 1 Corinthians 5:10-12

give here: Judges 19:30, Joshua 9:14, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 24:6, James 1:5

Reciprocal: Judges 19:29 - divided her Judges 20:18 - asked Job 34:4 - choose

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'
Genesis 12:15
and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to] Pharaoh's house;
Genesis 12:17
And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;
Genesis 20:2
and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.
Genesis 20:3
And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'
Genesis 20:4
And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?
Genesis 20:5
hath not he himself said to me, She [is] my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.'
Genesis 20:6
And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;
Genesis 20:9
and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, ye are all children of Israel,.... The descendants of one man that feared the Lord; were of one nation, and of one religion, men professing godliness, and therefore ought to bear testimony against sin and wickedness of every sort, and especially such crying abominations as these:

give your advice and counsel: in this place, being assembled together on this occasion; consult what is best to be done, and let every man speak his mind freely what step he thinks should be taken for the glory of God, and honour of religion, and to bring such persons to justice who had committed so foul a fact.


 
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