Shìshījì 7:21

21 Tāmen zaì yíng de sìwéi gè zhàn gè de dìfang . quán yíng de rén dōu luàn cuàn . sān bǎi rén nà hǎn , shǐ tāmen taópǎo .

Shìshījì 7:21 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 7:21

And they stood every man in his place around the camp
To see the salvation of God, and that it might most clearly appear to be his own doing; and indeed, had they gone into it, they could have done nothing; they had no weapons in their hands, a trumpet in one hand, and a lamp in the other; though this their position served to increase the terror of the enemy, who might suppose that they stood either to light and introduce a large army at the back of them; or to light the forces already in the midst of them, while they destroyed them; which latter seems rather to be the thing their imaginations were possessed with, since they fell to slaying their fellows, supposing them to be enemies, as in the following verse:

and all the host ran, and cried, and fled;
or "were broken" ^F12; as some render the first word, their lines were broken; they could not put themselves in rank and file, but were thrown into the utmost confusion; and cried as being in the utmost danger of their lives, and fled for their safety as fast, as they could; see ( Isaiah 27:13 ) ( Hebrews 6:18 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Uwr) "confracta", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus.

Shìshījì 7:21 In-Context

19 Jīdiàn hé gēnsuí tāde yī bǎi rén , zaì sān gèng zhī chū cái huàn gèng de shíhou , lái dào yíng páng , jiù chuī jiǎo , dǎpò shǒu zhōng de píng .

20 Sān duì de rén jiù dōu chuī jiǎo, dǎpò píng zǐ , zuǒshǒu ná zhe huǒbǎ , yòushǒu ná zhe jiǎo , hǎnjiào shuō , Yēhéhuá hé Jīdiàn de dāo .

21 Tāmen zaì yíng de sìwéi gè zhàn gè de dìfang . quán yíng de rén dōu luàn cuàn . sān bǎi rén nà hǎn , shǐ tāmen taópǎo .

22 Sān bǎi rén jiù chuī jiǎo , Yēhéhuá shǐ quán yíng de rén yòng dāo hùxiāng jī shā , taó dào xī lì lā de bǎi hā shì tā , zhí taó dào kàojìn tā bā de Yàbó mǐ hé là .

23 Yǐsèliè rén jiù cóng Náfútālì , Yàshè , hé Mǎnáxī quán dì jùjí lái zhuīgǎn Mǐdiàn rén .