English Standard Version
Judges 1:7
7And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Judges 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
- New International Version (NIV)Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Context of Judges 1:7
5They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. 8And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire. 9And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹֽנִי־בֶ֗זֶק שִׁבְעִ֣ים׀ מְלָכִ֡ים בְּֽהֹנוֹת֩ יְדֵיהֶ֨ם וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֜ם מְקֻצָּצִ֗ים הָי֤וּ מְלַקְּטִים֙ תַּ֣חַת שֻׁלְחָנִ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי כֵּ֥ן שִׁלַּם־לִ֖י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיְבִיאֻ֥הוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וַיָּ֥מָת שָֽׁם׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Adoni–bezekאֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶק'ădônîy-bezeq · Adoni-bezekH137
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Threescore and tenשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
- kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- having their thumbsיָדyâd · handH3027
- having their thumbsבֹּ֫הֶןbôhen · thumb/big toeH931
- and their great toesרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
- cut offקָצַץqâtsats · to cutH7112
- gatheredלָקַטlâqaţ · to gatherH3950
- under my tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
- as I have doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- so Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- hath requitedשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
- me. And they broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- him to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
- and there he diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
Cross-references for Judges 1:7
- Exodus 21:23But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life,
- Leviticus 24:19If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him,
- 1 Samuel 15:33And Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
- Isaiah 33:1Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
- Matthew 7:1"Judge not, that you be not judged.
- Luke 6:37"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
- Romans 2:15They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Revelation 13:10If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
- Revelation 16:6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!"
Commentaries on Judges 1:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Threescore and ten kinds - Chieftains, heads of tribes, or military officers. For the word king cannot be taken here in its proper and usual sense. Having their thumbs and their great toes cut off - That this was an ancient mode of treating enemies we learn from Aelian, who tells us, Var. Hist. l. ii., c. 9, that "the Athenians, at the instigation of Cleon, son of Cleaenetus, made a decree that all the inhabitants of the island of Aegina should have the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Threescore and ten kings - We may infer from this number of conquered kings, that the intestine wars of the Canaanites were among the causes which, under God‘s Providence, weakened their resistance to the Israelites. Adoni-Bezek‘s cruelty to the subject kings was the cause of his receiving (compare the marginal references) this chastisement. The loss of the thumb would make a man unfit to handle a sword or a bow; the loss of his big toe would impede his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36The first prologue talks about how the tribes did not follow Joshua's farewell instructions (Joshua 23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Threescore and ten kings--So great a number will not appear strange, when it is considered that anciently every ruler of a city or large town was called a king. It is not improbable that in that southern region of Canaan, there might, in earlier times, have been even more till a turbulent chief like Adoni-bezek devoured them in his insatiable ambition.Read the comment
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- 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
- John Wesley’s 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
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