Judges 3:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ רִדְפ֣וּ אַחֲרַ֔י כִּֽי־נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת־מוֹאָ֖ב בְּיֶדְכֶ֑ם וַיֵּרְד֣וּ אַחֲרָ֗יו וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ אֶת־מַעְבְּר֤וֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ לְמוֹאָ֔ב וְלֹֽא־נָתְנ֥וּ אִ֖ישׁ לַעֲבֹֽר׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer unto-them ridĕfû after-me for-nātan YHWH ʾet-ʾōyĕbêkem ʾet-môʾāb in-hand-your and-wayyērdû after-him and-wayyilkĕdû ʾet-maʿbĕrôt the-yardēn to-môʾāb and-not-nātĕnû ʾîš to-cross.

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction + consecutive - and
*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
*ʾălēhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
*ridĕfû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - pursue
*ʾaḥăray*: preposition + 1st common singular suffix - after me
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*nātan*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has given
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾōyĕbêkem*: qal participle, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your enemies
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
*bĕ-yedkem*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - into your hand
*wa-yērdû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went down
*ʾaḥărāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - after him
*wa-yilkĕdû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they captured
*maʿbĕrôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - fords of
*ha-yardēn*: definite proper noun - the Jordan
*lĕ-môʾāb*: preposition + proper noun - to Moab
*wĕ-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*nātĕnû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they allowed
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*la-ʿăbōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to cross

Word Meanings

*wayyōʾmer*: and he said/commanded
*ridĕfû aḥăray*: pursue after me/follow me
*nātan*: given/delivered/handed over
*wayyērdû*: and they went down/descended
*wayyilkĕdû*: and they seized/captured/took
*maʿbĕrôt*: fords/crossings/passages
*nātĕnû*: allowed/permitted/let

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Referenced Verses

Judg 12:5 : 5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Josh 2:7 : 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
Judg 7:9 : 9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
Judg 7:15 : 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
1 Sam 17:47 : 47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.
Judg 7:24 : 24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
Judg 7:17 : 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
Judg 4:10 : 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Kgs 3:24
78%
24And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
Judg 3:27
77%
27And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
Judg 3:29-30
2 verses
77%
29And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
2 Kgs 3:18
76%
18And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
Judg 8:4
75%
4And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
Num 32:21
74%
21And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
Deut 2:29
74%
29(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
Judg 7:9
74%
9And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
Josh 11:7-8
2 verses
74%
7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
8And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
Josh 2:10
73%
10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
2 Kgs 3:21
73%
21And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
Judg 11:18
73%
18Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
Judg 11:32
73%
32So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
Num 33:48-49
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73%
48And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
49And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
Josh 24:8
73%
8And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
2 Kgs 3:26
73%
26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
Josh 5:1
73%
1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Josh 4:12-13
2 verses
73%
12And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
13About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Deut 3:18
73%
18And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
Deut 3:2-3
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73%
2And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
3So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
Josh 4:1
73%
1And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
Josh 4:23
73%
23For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
Josh 1:11
73%
11Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
Judg 12:5
73%
5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Josh 10:19
73%
19And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.
2 Kgs 3:8
73%
8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
Num 22:1
72%
1And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Josh 1:14
72%
14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
Deut 2:18
72%
18Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
Judg 7:11
72%
11And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
Num 32:27
72%
27But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
Josh 3:11
72%
11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
Josh 3:1
72%
1And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
Deut 2:36
72%
36From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Num 26:3
72%
3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
1 Chr 12:15
72%
15These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
Deut 31:3
72%
3The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
Josh 24:11
72%
11And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
Josh 10:8
71%
8And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.