Judges 8:26

Judges 8:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
• New International Version (NIV)The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels, not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains that were on their camels’ necks.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels’ necks.

Context of Judges 8:26

24Gideon also said, ‘I will ask you only to do one thing for me. Each of you should give me one ear-ring from the things that you took from our enemies.’ (The Midianites wore gold ear-rings because they were descendants of Ishmael.) 25The people replied, ‘We are happy to give them to you.’ So they put a coat on the ground. Each man threw a ring onto it. The weight of all the rings was 20 kilograms. They also had valuable silver images and jewels. They had valuable clothes that the kings of Midian wore and necklaces from the camels. 27Gideon used the gold to make an image of an ephod. He put it in Ophrah, where he lived. All the Israelites came there and they worshipped the image. It caused them to turn away from the true God. It became like a trap that caught Gideon and his family. 28The Israelites now had complete power over the Midianites. The Midianites were too ashamed to fight against them. While Gideon was alive, the land of Israel had peace for 40 years.

Judges 8:26 word by word

וַיְהִ֗י מִשְׁקַ֞ל נִזְמֵ֤י הַזָּהָב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁאָ֔ל אֶ֥לֶף וּשְׁבַע־מֵא֖וֹת זָהָ֑ב לְ֠בַד מִן־הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִ֨ים וְהַנְּטִפ֜וֹת וּבִגְדֵ֣י הָאַרְגָּמָ֗ן שֶׁעַל֙ מַלְכֵ֣י מִדְיָ֔ן וּלְבַד֙ מִן־הָ֣עֲנָק֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּצַוְּארֵ֥י גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the weightמִשְׁקָלmishqâl · weightH4948
• of the goldenזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• earringsנֶ֫זֶםnezem · ringH5141
• that he requestedשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• was a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• beside ornamentsשַׂהֲרוֹןώahărôn · crescentH7720
• and collarsנְטִיפָהneţîyphâh · pendantH5188
• and purpleאַרְגָּמָן'argâmân · purpleH713
• raimentבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• on the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Midianמִדְיָןmidyân · MidianH4080
• and beside the chainsעֲנָק‛ânâq · necklaceH6060
• about their camels’גָּמָלgâmâl · camelH1581
• necksצַוָּארtsavvâ'r tsavvâr tsavvârôn tsavvâ'râh · neckH6677

Cross-references for Judges 8:26

• Esther 8:15Then Mordecai left the king's palace. He was wearing royal clothes that were purple and white. He had a large gold crown on his head. He wore a beautiful coat made from purple linen. The people in Susa city shouted with joy because of the new law.
• Jeremiah 10:9They bring thin silver from Spain. They bring gold from Uphaz. Workers who know how to use wood and metal make the idols look beautiful. They put valuable blue and purple clothes on the idols. Workers who have special skills do this.
• Ezekiel 27:7They used good linen from Egypt to make your sail. They made it pretty with many colours. The sail was like a flag that everyone could see. They made tents of cloth to cover your deck. It was blue and purple cloth that came from Cyprus island.
• Luke 16:19Jesus then said, ‘At one time, there was a rich man who wore very expensive clothes. This rich man ate big meals every day.
• John 19:2The soldiers used some branches with thorns to make a crown for Jesus. They put it on his head. Then put a dark red coat on him too. They did all this as if he was a king.
• Revelation 17:4The woman was wearing clothes that were made from expensive cloth. She also wore bright things that made her look beautiful. She shone with gold, valuable stones and pearls. She held a gold cup in her hand. The cup was full of the bad and disgusting things that she had caused people to do.
• Revelation 18:12They sold many expensive things like these: Things made from gold and silver. Valuable stones and pearls. Good linen and other kinds of expensive cloth that is red or purple. Things made from wood that has a nice smell. Many different things that are made from ivory. Many kinds of things that people had made from expensive wood, from different metals and from stone.
• Judges 8:21Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, ‘Kill us yourself! Let us see if you are brave enough to do that!’ So Gideon did kill them. He took away the silver images from the necks of their camels.

Commentaries on Judges 8:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26The weight of the golden ear-rings - was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold - Taking the shekel at half an ounce weight, the sum of the gold collected in ear-rings was seventy pounds ten ounces; and worth, as gold now rates, about 3,100 sterling. This computation of the weight of the golden ear-rings, taken from the slaughtered Ishmaelites, will bring to the reader's mind the slaughter of the Roman knights by the Carthaginians at the battle of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26If the Ishmaelite nose-rings were half a shekel in weight, then 1,700 shekels weight of gold implied that 3,400 persons wearing, gold rings had been slain. The “collars” were rather “ear-drops.”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 8:26

• Camel
• Chains
• Colors
• Gideon
• Ishmaelites
• Israel
• Shekel

In the dictionaries

• Midian
• Apparel
• Chain
• Collar
• Colour
• Gideon
• Request
• Resemble
• Teraphim
• Tires

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