27And the Israelites inquired of the LORD . (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,


In Context

24 Then the Israelites drew near to Benjamin the second day.

25 This time, when the Benjamites came out from Gibeah to oppose them, they cut down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

26 Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the LORD . They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD .

27 And the Israelites inquired of the LORD . (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

28 with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministering before it.) They asked, "Shall we go up again to battle with Benjamin our brother, or not?" The LORD responded, "Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands."

29 Then Israel set an ambush around Gibeah.

Judges 20:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:27And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God [was] there in those days,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:27And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:27And the children of Israel asked of Jehovah (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:27And the people of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:27And the children of Israel asked of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:27And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:27The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:27And the sons of Israel ask of Jehovah, — and there is the ark of the covenant of God in those days,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:27And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,