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Judges 7:21

19 Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.

20 The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”

Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.

22 And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

23 Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.

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BSB
Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.
KJV
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
WEB
They each stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight.
ASV
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
DARBY
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.
BLB
And every man stood in his place all around the camp, and all the camp ran and cried out and fled.
ÅB
Og de ble stående hver på sitt sted rundt omkring leiren; da begynte alle i leiren å løpe og skrike og flykte.
OTB
Hver mann stod på sin plass rundt leiren, og alle midianittene løp, ropende mens de flyktet.
B1930
Og de blev stående hver på sitt sted rundt omkring leiren; da begynte alle i leiren å løpe og skrike og flykte.

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  • Proverbs 28:1

    The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

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  • Exodus 14:25

    He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:17

    You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”

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  • 2 Kings 7:6–7

    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

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  • Exodus 14:13–14

    But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

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  • Isaiah 30:15

    For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”

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  • Job 15:21–22

    Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

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  • Isaiah 30:7

    Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

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