Judges 8:20 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 8:20

So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

BSB

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ASV

And he said unto Jether his first-born, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

KJV

And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He said unto Jether his first-born - By the ancient laws of war, prisoners taken in war might be either slain, sold, or kept for slaves. To put a captive enemy to death no executioner was required. Gideon slays Zebah and Zalmunna with his own hand. So Samuel is said to have hewn Agag in pieces, 1Sa 15:33. Benaiah slew Joab, 1Ki 2:25. Saul orders his guards to slay the priests who had contributed to the escape of David, 1Sa 22:17; and David caused one of his attendants to slay the Amalekite who pretended to have slain Saul, 2Sa 1:15.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לְיֶ֣תֶר	le.Ye.ter	to Jether	H3500 →
בְּכוֹר֔וֹ	be.kho.Ro	firstborn his	H1060 →
ק֖וּם	kum	arise	H6965 →
הֲרֹ֣ג	ha.Rog	kill	H2026 →
אוֹתָ֑ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
שָׁלַ֨ף	sha.Laf	he drew	H8025 →
הַנַּ֤עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the young man	H5288 →
חַרְבּוֹ֙	char.Bo	sword his	H2719 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
יָרֵ֔א	ya.Re'	he was afraid	H3372 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
עוֹדֶ֖נּוּ	o.De.nu	still he	H5750 →
נָֽעַר׃	Na.'ar	[was] a young man	H5288 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 149:9
to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:2–3
  Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
- Psalms 148:14
  He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
Through
1 Samuel 15:33
But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
leads to
- Judges 1:7
  Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought…
- Genesis 9:6
  Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Through
Joshua 10:24
When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks…
leads to
- Romans 16:20
  The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- Malachi 4:3
  Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Revelation 2:26–27
  And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
- Psalms 149:8–9
  to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,

About Judges

The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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06About Judges

Where the connections lead

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