King James Version
Judges 20:8 in the King James Version says “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 h...” — study this verse from Judges chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Judges 20:8 · KJV
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.
Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
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.
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
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“arose”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“We will not any”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“We will not any”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“We will not any”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“into his house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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