Judges 8:25

Judges 8:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
• New International Version (NIV)They answered, “We’ll be glad to give them.” So they spread out a garment, and each of them threw a ring from his plunder onto it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they answered, "We will willingly give them." And they spread a cloak, and every man threw in it the earrings of his spoil.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they answered, “We will gladly give them.” And they spread out a garment, and each man threw into it the earrings from his plunder.

Context of Judges 8:25

23And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah will rule over you. 24And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you: give me every man the earrings of his booty; for they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites. And they said, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man the earrings of his booty. 26And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand seven hundred [shekels] of gold; besides the moons, and eardrops, and the purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks. 27And Gideon made an ephod of them, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went thither a whoring after it; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

Judges 8:25 word by word

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ נָת֣וֹן נִתֵּ֑ן וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֙ אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה וַיַּשְׁלִ֣יכוּ שָׁ֔מָּה אִ֖ישׁ נֶ֥זֶם שְׁלָלֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• garmentשִׂמְלָהώimlâh · mantleH8071
• castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• earringsנֶ֫זֶםnezem · ringH5141
• bootyשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998

Commentaries on Judges 8:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25They spread … - The Septuagint reads “He spread his garment.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-28Verses 22-28 Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God. Gideon thought to keep up the remembrance of this victory by an ephod, made of the choicest of the spoils. But probably this ephod had, as usual, a teraphim annexed to it, and Gideon intended this for an oracle to be consulted. Many are led into false ways by one false step of a good man. It became a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-32Gideon's time as a judge ends the first era of judges.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2624-26. Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you--This was the contribution of an earring (singular). As the ancient Arabians (Ishmaelites and Midianites being synonymous terms, Ge 37:25, 28) were gorgeously adorned with barbaric pearl and gold, an immense amount of such valuable booty had fallen into the hands of the Israelitish soldiers. The contribution was liberally made, and the quantity of gold given to him is estimated at £3113…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 8:25

• Gideon
• Israel

In the dictionaries

• Gideon
• Request
• Resemble
• Teraphim
• Zebah
• Abdon (1)
• Dress
• Government
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Book of

Commentaries on Judges 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings