Judges 20:7
behold, you [are] all sons of Israel; give for yourselves a word and counsel here.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 19:5And now, if you really listen to My voice, then you have kept My covenant, and have been a special treasure to Me more than all the peoples, for all the earth [is] Mine;
Deuteronomy 14:1“You [are] sons of your God YHWH; you do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;
Judges 19:30And it has come to pass, everyone who sees has said, “There has not been—indeed, there has not been seen [anything] like this, from the day of the coming up of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt until this day; set your [heart] on it, take counsel, and speak.”
Proverbs 24:6For you make war for yourself by plans, || And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying [is] not good; have you not known that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
James 1:5And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all generously, and not reproaching, and it will be given to him;
Matthew Henry on Judges 20:2-12
The Combination Against Gibeah. ( b. c. 1410.) 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of… Read the whole commentary →