21 While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.

Other Translations of Judges 7:21

King James Version

21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

English Standard Version

21 Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.

The Message

21 They were stationed all around the camp, each man at his post. The whole Midianite camp jumped to its feet. They yelled and fled.

New King James Version

21 And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled.

New Living Translation

21 Each man stood at his position around the camp and watched as all the Midianites rushed around in a panic, shouting as they ran to escape.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 7:21

Commentary on Judges 7:16-22

(Read Judges 7:16-22)

This method of defeating the Midianites may be alluded to, as exemplifying the destruction of the devil's kingdom in the world, by the preaching of the everlasting gospel, the sounding that trumpet, and the holding forth that light out of earthen vessels, for such are the ministers of the gospel, 2 Corinthians 4:6,7. God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, a barley-cake to overthrow the tents of Midian, that the excellency of the power might be of God only. The gospel is a sword, not in the hand, but in the mouth: the sword of the Lord and of Gideon; of God and Jesus Christ, of Him that sits on the throne and the Lamb. The wicked are often led to avenge the cause of God upon each other, under the power of their delusions, and the fury of their passions. See also how God often makes the enemies of the church instruments to destroy one another; it is a pity that the church's friends should ever act like them.