Judges 9:32

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Now then, during the night you and your men should come and lie in wait in the fields.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּה֙ ק֣וּם לַ֔יְלָה אַתָּ֖ה וְהָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתָּ֑ךְ וֶאֱרֹ֖ב בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃

Transliteration

And-weʿattāh qûm laylāh you and-the-ʿām that-with-you and-weʾĕrōḇ in-the-śāḏeh.

Grammar Details

• *weʿattāh*: conjunction + adverb - and now
• *qûm*: qal imperative masculine singular - arise/get up
• *laylāh*: masculine singular - night/by night
• *ʿām*: masculine singular with definite article - people/troops
• *weʾĕrōḇ*: conjunction + qal imperative masculine singular - and lie in ambush
• *śāḏeh*: masculine singular with definite article - field/countryside

Word Meanings

• *qûm*: arise/get up/take action
• *ʾĕrōḇ*: lie in ambush/wait in hiding

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Now therefore arise by night, you and the people with you, and lie in wait in the field.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore, up{H6965} by night,{H3915} thou and the people{H5971} that are with thee, and lie in wait{H693} in the field:{H7704}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore up{H6965}{(H8798)} by night{H3915}, thou and the people{H5971} that is with thee, and lie in wait{H693}{(H8798)} in the field{H7704}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Arise therfore by nyght, thou and thy people that is with the, and laye wayte for the in the felde:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now therefore arise by night, thou & the people that is with thee, and lye in wayte in the fielde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Now therfore vp by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lye in wayte in the fielde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now therefore, up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now therefore, go up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.

Referenced Verses

• Job 24:14-17 : 14 At daybreak, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy, and at night, he is like a thief. 15 The adulterer waits for twilight, saying, 'No one will see me,' and he disguises his face. 16 In the darkness, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light. 17 For to them, the morning is like deep darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
• Ps 36:4 : 4 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.
• Prov 1:11-16 : 11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;' 12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit; 13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Cast your lot among us; we will all have one purse. 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths, 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.
• Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
• Rom 3:15 : 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.