Judges 20:38
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
Judges 20:38 in other translations
| BSB | The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city, |
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| WEB | Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city. |
| ASV | Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city. |
| YLT | And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush--their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city. |
| DARBY | Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambush, that they should make a thick column of smoke rise up out of the city. |
| BBE | Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town, |
| Webster | Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke to rise from the city. |
What does Judges 20:38 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].
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Judges 20:38 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 20:38
- Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
- 2 Kings 4:16
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
- Joshua 8:20
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sign. or, time.
Ge 17:21; 2Ki 4:16; *marg:
and. Heb. with. flame. Heb. elevation.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Judges 20:37
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
- Judges 20:38
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
- Judges 20:39
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
Judges 20:38 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ya los Israelitas estaban concertados con las emboscadas, que hiciesen mucho fuego, para que subiese gran humo de la ciudad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le signal convenu entre les hommes d’Israël et l’embuscade était qu’ils fassent monter de la ville une épaisse colonne de fumée. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Männer von Israel hatten sich aber mit dem Hinterhalt verabredet, eine große Rauchsäule aus der Stadt emporsteigen zu lassen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Signum autem dederant filii Israël his quos in insidiis collocaverant, ut postquam urbem cepissent, ignem accenderent: ut ascendente in altum fumo, captam urbem demonstrarent. |