Judges 20:8

8 All the men rose up together as one, saying, “None of us will go home. No, not one of us will return to his house.

Judges 20:8 in Other Translations

8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.

8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, "None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house.

8 And all the people rose to their feet in unison and declared, “None of us will return home! No, not even one of us!

8 All the people were at once and as one person on their feet. "None of us will go home; not a single one of us will go to his own house.

8 Then all the people stood united and said, "None of us will go to his tent or return to his house.

Judges 20:8 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:8

And all the people arose as one man
Either the heads of the people assembled in council, all agreed unanimously in one vote or resolution, or all the 400,000 men were of the same mind, when the case was reported to them:

saying, we will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us
turn into his house;
that is, they would not return home, to take one nights rest in their houses, or attend to the business of their callings or to any affair of life, however urgent, till satisfaction was made for the evil committed.

Judges 20:8 In-Context

6 I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel’s inheritance, because they committed this lewd and outrageous act in Israel.

7 Now, all you Israelites, speak up and tell me what you have decided to do.”

8 All the men rose up together as one, saying, “None of us will go home. No, not one of us will return to his house.

9 But now this is what we’ll do to Gibeah: We’ll go up against it in the order decided by casting lots.

10 We’ll take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from a thousand, and a thousand from ten thousand, to get provisions for the army. Then, when the army arrives at Gibeah in Benjamin, it can give them what they deserve for this outrageous act done in Israel.”