Judges 20 · Verse 11

Judges 20:11

So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
Judges 20:11, King James Version

Judges 20:11 in other translations

BSBSo all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
WEBSo all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
ASVSo all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
YLTAnd every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man--companions.
DARBYAnd all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
BBESo all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.
WebsterSo all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

What does Judges 20:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:8-13

Jud 20:8-17. Their Decree. 8-13. all the people arose as one man--The extraordinary unanimity that prevailed shows, that notwithstanding great disorders had broken out in many parts, the people were sound at the core; and remembering their national covenant with God, they now felt the necessity of wiping out so foul a stain on their character as a people. It was resolved that the inhabitants of Gibeah should be…

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Judges 20:11 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ףvai.ye.'a.Sefand it gatheredH622
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
אִ֤ישׁ'ish<the> man ofH376
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָעִ֔ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
כְּאִ֥ישׁke.'Ishlike a manH376
אֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259
חֲבֵרִֽים\׃\ \פcha.ve.RimunitedH2270

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Knit together as one man. Heb. fellows.

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

Context

  • Judges 20:10

    And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

  • Judges 20:11

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

  • Judges 20:12

    And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

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Judges 20:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y juntáronse todos los hombres de Israel contra la ciudad, ligados como un solo hombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tous les hommes d’Israël se rassemblèrent contre la ville, unis comme un seul homme.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und alle Männer von Israel versammelten sich gegen die Stadt, wie ein Mann verbündet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Convenitque universus Israël ad civitatem, quasi homo unus eadem mente, unoque consilio.