Judges 18:25
in Judges 18The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
KJV
And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
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This verse in Judges 18
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThy voice - Thy complaints and reproaches. Angry fellows - The soldiers, who are in themselves sharp and fierce, and will soon be enflamed by thy provoking words.
This site's exposition
Do not raise your voice against us
on Judges 18:25-26
The threat is put as advice, and “angry men” renders a Hebrew phrase meaning bitter of soul, the description given of the men who gathered to David at 1 Samuel 22:2. Clarke sets the exchange beside a highwayman's demand, since Micah is offered a choice between his goods and the lives of his household. Verse 26 closes it without comment, because Micah “saw that they were too strong for him”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the children of Dan said unto him, let not thy voice be heard among us,....
"Take heed lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, and that is worse than losing thy gods." Wicked and unreasonable men reckon it a great provocation to be asked to do justice, and support themselves by their power against right and reason. Micah's crime is asking his own, yet, for this, he is in danger of losing his life and the lives of his household.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together--The robbers of the chapel being soon detected, a hot pursuit was forthwith commenced by Micah, at the head of a considerable body of followers.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
And thou lose thy life - This was argumentum ad hominem; he must put up with the loss of his substance, or else lose his life! It was the mere language of a modern highwayman: Your life or your money.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלָיו֙ | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| דָ֔ן | dan | Dan | H1835 → | 70 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תַּשְׁמַ֥ע | tashma' | you make heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| קוֹלְךָ֖ | kolcha | voice your | H6963 → | 506 times |
| עִמָּ֑נוּ | ʾimanu | with us | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| פֶּֽן־ | pen- | lest | H6435 → | 133 times |
| יִפְגְּע֣וּ | yifgeu | they should fall | H6293 → | 46 times |
| בָכֶ֗ם | vakhem | on <the> you | ||
| אֲנָשִׁים֙ | ʾanashim | men | H582 → | 566 times |
| מָ֣רֵי | marei | bitter of | H4751 → | |
| נֶ֔פֶשׁ | nefesh | appetite | H5315 → | 754 times |
| וְאָסַפְתָּ֥ה | veasaftah | and you will gather | H622 → | 200 times |
| נַפְשְׁךָ֖ | nafshekha | life your | H5315 → | 754 times |
| וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ | venefesh | and [the] life of | H5315 → | 754 times |
| בֵּיתֶֽךָ׃ | beitekha | household your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
אֵלָיו֙to him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
דָ֔ןDan
danH1835 →70 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תַּשְׁמַ֥עyou make heard
tashma'H8085 →1159 times
קוֹלְךָ֖voice your
kolchaH6963 →506 times
עִמָּ֑נוּwith us
ʾimanuH5973 →1050 times
פֶּֽן־lest
pen-H6435 →133 times
יִפְגְּע֣וּthey should fall
yifgeuH6293 →46 times
בָכֶ֗םon <the> you
vakhem
אֲנָשִׁים֙men
ʾanashimH582 →566 times
מָ֣רֵיbitter of
mareiH4751 →
נֶ֔פֶשׁappetite
nefeshH5315 →754 times
וְאָסַפְתָּ֥הand you will gather
veasaftahH622 →200 times
נַפְשְׁךָ֖life your
nafshekhaH5315 →754 times
וְנֶ֥פֶשׁand [the] life of
venefeshH5315 →754 times
בֵּיתֶֽךָ׃household your
beitekhaH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
it leads to
- Psalms 56:3–4
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
- Psalms 56:11
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalms 62:5
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
- Psalms 27:1–3
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Psalms 56:3–4
Through
2 Samuel 17:8He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will…
it leads to
- Hosea 13:8
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.
- Hosea 13:8
Through
Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
it leads to
- Job 28:3
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
- Job 10:21–22
before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
- Job 28:3
About Judges
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.