Judges 9:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• 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:

• 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 The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief. 15 The eye of the adulterer waits for twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and disguises his face. 16 In the dark they break into houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light. 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if one knows them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
• Ps 36:4 : 4 He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.
• Prov 1:11-16 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; 14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse," 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path; 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
• Prov 4:16 : 16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
• Rom 3:15 : 15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:'