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


In Context

24 The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

25 Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.

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

28 and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, |Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?| Yahweh said, |Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.|

29 Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.

Judges 20:27 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:27And the Israelites inquired of the LORD . (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

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 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,