Judges 2 · Verse 4

Judges 2:4

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.
Judges 2:4, King James Version

Judges 2:4 in other translations

BSBWhen the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
WEBWhen the LORD’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice and wept.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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,
DARBYAnd it came to pass, when the Angel of Jehovah spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice and wept.
BBENow on hearing these words which the angel of the Lord said to all the children of Israel, the people gave themselves up to loud crying and weeping.
WebsterAnd it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

What does Judges 2:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:4-5
4-5. when the angel of the Lord spake these words ... the people lifted up their voice, and wept--The angel's expostulation made a deep and painful impression. But the reformation was but temporary, and the gratifying promise of a revival which this scene of emotion held out, was, ere long, blasted by speedy and deeper relapses into the guilt of defection and idolatry.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 2:1-5

It was the great Angel of the covenant, the Word, the Son of God, who spake with Divine authority as Jehovah, and now called them to account for their disobedience. God sets forth what he had done for Israel, and what he had promised. Those who throw off communion with God, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, know not what they do now, and will have nothing to say for themselves in the day of…

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Judges 2:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
כְּדַבֵּ֞רke.da.Berwhen spokeH1696
מַלְאַ֤ךְmal.'Akh[the] angel ofH4397
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697
הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
אֶֽל\־'el-toH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בְּנֵ֖יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיִּשְׂא֥וּvai.yis.'Uand they lifted upH5375
הָעָ֛םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
קוֹלָ֖םko.Lamvoice theirH6963
וַיִּבְכּֽוּ\׃vai.yiv.Kuand they weptH1058

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 2:4

  • 2 Corinthians 7:10

    For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

  • James 4:9

    Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

  • Zechariah 12:10

    And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

  • Ezra 10:1

    Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

  • Proverbs 17:10

    A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • 1 Samuel 7:6

    And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

  • Luke 7:38

    And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

  • Jeremiah 31:9

    They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

  • Luke 6:21

    Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the people.
1Sa 7:6; Ezr 10:1; Pr 17:10; Jer 31:9; Zec 12:10; Lu 6:21; 7:38
2Co 7:10; Jas 4:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 2:3

    Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

  • Judges 2:4

    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.

  • Judges 2:5

    And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.

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Judges 2:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y como el ángel de Jehová habló estas palabras á todos los hijos de Israel, el pueblo lloró en alta voz.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva que, comme l’Ange de l’ Éternel disait ces paroles à tous les fils d’Israël, le peuple éleva sa voix et pleura.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah, als der Engel Jehovas diese Worte zu allen Kindern Israel redete, da erhob das Volk seine Stimme und weinte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque loqueretur angelus Domini hæc verba ad omnes filios Israël, elevaverunt ipsi vocem suam, et fleverunt.