Judges 20 · Verse 34

Judges 20:34

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
Judges 20:34, King James Version

Judges 20:34 in other translations

BSBThen 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
WEBTen thousand chosen men out of all Israel came over against Gibeah, and the battle was severe; but they didn’t know that disaster was close to them.
ASVAnd there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them.
YLTAnd they come in over against Gibeah--ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel--and the battle is grievous, and they have not known that the evil is striking against them.
DARBYAnd there came from opposite Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe; but they knew not that disaster was coming upon them.
BBEAnd they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.
WebsterAnd there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe: but they knew not that evil was near them.

What does Judges 20:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:29-48

Jud 20:29-48. They Destroy All the Benjamites, Except Six Hundred. 29-48. And Israel set liers-in-wait round about Gibeah--A plan was formed of taking that city by stratagem, similar to that employed in the capture of Ai [Jos 8:9].

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Judges 20:34 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּבֹאוּ֩vai.ya.vo.'Uand they cameH935
מִנֶּ֨גֶדmi.Ne.gedfrom beforeH5048
לַגִּבְעָ֜הla.giv.'Ahto <the> GibeahH1390
עֲשֶׂרֶת֩'a.se.RettenH6235
אֲלָפִ֨ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505
אִ֤ישׁ'ishmanH376
בָּחוּר֙ba.ChurchosenH977
מִכָּל\־mi.kolfrom allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖הve.ha.mil.cha.Mahand the battleH4421
כָּבֵ֑דָהka.Ve.dahit was heavyH3513
וְהֵם֙ve.Hemand theyH1992
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יָדְע֔וּya.de.'Uthey knewH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
נֹגַ֥עַתno.Ga.'at[was] about to touchH5060
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemto themH5921
הָרָעָֽה\׃\ \פha.ra.'Ah<the> calamityH7451

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

Cross references for Judges 20:34

  • Isaiah 47:11

    Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

  • Joshua 8:14

    And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

  • Job 21:13

    They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

  • Isaiah 3:10-11

    Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:11-12

    Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

  • Luke 21:34

    And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • Matthew 24:44

    Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  • Proverbs 4:19

    The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  • Proverbs 29:6

    In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ten thousand.
29
knew not.
Jos 8:14; Job 21:13; Pr 4:19; 29:6; Ec 8:11,12; 9:12; Isa 3:10,11
Isa 47:11; Mt 24:44; Lu 21:34; 21:34; 1Th 5:3

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Context

  • Judges 20:33

    And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal–tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

  • Judges 20:34

    And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

  • Judges 20:35

    And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

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Judges 20:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vinieron contra Gabaa diez mil hombres escogidos de todo Israel, y la batalla comenzó á agravarse: mas ellos no sabían que el mal se acercaba sobre ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et 10 000 hommes d’élite de tout Israël vinrent contre Guibha, et la bataille fut rude; et ceux de Benjamin ne savaient pas que le mal les atteignait.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es kamen gegen Gibea zehntausend auserlesene Männer aus ganz Israel, und der Streit wurde heftig; jene aber wußten nicht, daß das Unglück sie erreichte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et ab occidentali urbis parte procedere. Sed et alia decem millia virorum de universo Israël, habitatores urbis ad certamina provocabant. Ingravatumque est bellum contra filios Benjamin: et non intellexerunt quod ex omni parte illis instaret interitus.