Judges 9:32

and, now, rise by night, thou and the people who [are] with thee, and lay wait in the field,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

In Context

31and he sendeth messengers unto Abimelech deceitfully, saying, 'Lo, Gaal son of Ebed and his brethren are coming into Shechem, and lo, they are fortifying the city against thee;

33and it hath been, in the morning, about the rising of the sun, thou dost rise early, and hast pushed against the city; and lo, he and the people who [are] with him are going out unto thee — and thou hast done to him as thy hand doth find.'

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Cross References

Joshua 8:3And Joshua riseth, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooseth thirty thousand men, mighty ones of valour, and sendeth them away by night,

Job 24:14At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

Proverbs 1:11If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

Romans 3:15Swift [are] their feet to shed blood.

Matthew Henry on Judges 9:23-50

Gaal's Insurrection; Gaal's Defeat. ( b. c. 1206.) 22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him… Read the whole commentary →

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