Judges 20 · Verse 7

Judges 20:7

Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Judges 20:7, King James Version

Judges 20:7 in other translations

BSBBehold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”
WEBBehold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”
ASVBehold, ye children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.
YLTlo, ye are all sons of Israel; give for you a word and counsel here.'
DARBYBehold, all ye, children of Israel, deliberate and give here your counsel.
BBEHere you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.
WebsterBehold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

What does Judges 20:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:4-7

4-7. the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said--The injured husband gave a brief and unvarnished recital of the tragic outrage, from which it appears that force was used, which he could not resist. His testimony was doubtless corroborated by those of his servant and the old Ephraimite. There was no need of strong or highly colored description to work upon the feelings of the audience…

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Judges 20:7 in the original Hebrew

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הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehhere!H2009
כֻלְּכֶ֖םkhu.le.Khemall of youH3605
בְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiO people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
הָב֥וּha.VugiveH3051
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves
דָּבָ֥רda.Vara wordH1697
וְעֵצָ֖הve.'e.Tzahand counselH6098
הֲלֹֽם\׃ha.LomhereH1988

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Cross references for Judges 20:7

  • Judges 19:30

    And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:10-12

    Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

  • Exodus 19:5-6

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

  • James 1:5

    If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

  • Proverbs 20:18

    Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

  • Deuteronomy 4:6

    Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

  • Proverbs 24:6

    For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

  • Deuteronomy 14:1-2

    Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:1

    It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:6

    Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

  • Joshua 9:14

    And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye are all.
Ex 19:5,6; De 4:6; 14:1,2; 1Co 5:1,6,10-12
give here.
19:30; Jos 9:14; Pr 20:18; 24:6; Jas 1:5

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Context

  • Judges 20:6

    And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

  • Judges 20:7

    Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

  • Judges 20:8

    And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.

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Judges 20:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí que todos vosotros los hijos de Israel estáis presentes; daos aquí parecer y consejo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, vous tous, fils d’Israël, délibérez, et donnez ici votre avis.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, hier seid ihr allesamt, Kinder Israel: Gebet eure Meinung und euren Rat allhier!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Adestis, omnes filii Israël: decernite quid facere debeatis.