Judges 7:21
Good News Translation
Every man stood in his place around the camp, and the whole enemy army ran away yelling.

New Revised Standard Version
Every man stood in his place all around the camp, and all the men in camp ran; they cried out and fled.

Contemporary English Version
The enemy soldiers started yelling and tried to run away. Gideon's troops stayed in their positions surrounding the camp

New American Bible
They all remained standing in place around the camp, while the whole camp began to run and shout and flee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Standing every man in his place round about the enemies' camp. So all the camp was troubled, and crying out and howling, they fled away:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Standing every man in his place round about the enemies' camp. So all the camp was troubled, and crying out and howling, they fled away:

stood

Exodus 14:13,14 And Moses said to the people: Fear not: stand, and see the great wonders of the Lord, which he will do this day; for the Egyptians, whom you see now, you shall see no more for ever. . . .

2 Chronicles 20:17 It shall not be you that shall fight, but only stand with confidence, and you shall see the help of the Lord over you, O Juda, and Jerusalem: fear ye not, nor be you dismayed: to morrow you shall go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.

Isaiah 30:7,15 For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this: It is pride only, sit still. . . .

all the host

Exodus 14:25 And overthrew the wheels of the chariots, and they were carried into the deep. And the Egyptians said: Let us flee from Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against us.

2 Kings 7:6,7 For the Lord had made them hear, in the camp of Syria, the noise of chariots, and of horses, and of a very great army: and they said one to another: Behold, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyptians; and they are come upon us. . . .

Job 15:21,22 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason. . . .

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

Context
Gideon Defeats Midian
20And when they sounded their trumpets in three places round about the camp, and had broken their pitchers, they held their lamps in their left hands, and with their right hands the trumpets which they blew, and they cried out: The sword of the Lord and of Gedeon: 21Standing every man in his place round about the enemies' camp. So all the camp was troubled, and crying out and howling, they fled away:22And the three hundred men nevertheless persisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into all the camp, and they killed one another,…
Cross References
Hebrews 11:34
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, recovered strength from weakness, became valiant in battle, put to flight the armies of foreigners.

Judges 7:20
And when they sounded their trumpets in three places round about the camp, and had broken their pitchers, they held their lamps in their left hands, and with their right hands the trumpets which they blew, and they cried out: The sword of the Lord and of Gedeon:

2 Kings 7:7
Wherefore they arose, and fled away in the dark, and left their tents, and their horses and asses in the camp, and fled, desiring to save their lives.

Judges 7:20
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