Judges 18:25
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.
Webster's Revision
And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows rush upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
World English Bible
The children of Dan said to him, "Don't let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household."
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
Definitions for Judges 18:25
Clarke's Judges 18:25 Bible Commentary
And thou lose thy life - This was argumentum ad hominem; he must put up with the loss of his substance, or else lose his life! It was the mere language of a modern highwayman: Your life or your money.
Wesley's Judges 18:25 Bible Commentary
18:25 Thy voice - Thy complaints and reproaches.Angry fellows - The soldiers, who are in themselves sharp and fierce, and will soon be enflamed by thy provoking words.Thy Life - Which, not withstanding all thy pretences, thou dost value more than thy images.
