New American Standard Bible 2020
Judges 8:4-11
4Then GideonH1439 and the threeH7969 hundredH3967 menH376 whoH834 were with him cameH935 1to the JordanH3383 and crossedH5674 overH5674, exhaustedH5889 yet still pursuingH7291. 5And he saidH559 to the menH376 of 2SuccothH5523, “PleaseH4994 giveH5414 loavesH3603 of breadH3899 to the peopleH5971 whoH834 are 3followingH7272 me, for they are exhaustedH5889, and I am pursuingH7291H310 ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, the kingsH4428 of MidianH4080.” 6But the leadersH8269 of SuccothH5523 saidH559, “45Are the handsH3709 of ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 alreadyH6258 in your handH3027, that we should giveH5414 breadH3899 to your armyH6635?” 7So GideonH1439 saidH559, “For thisH3651 answer, 6when the LordH3068 has handedH5414H3027 overH5414 to me ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, I will 7thrashH1758 your 8bodiesH1320 with the thornsH6975 of the wildernessH4057 and with briersH1303.” 8Then he wentH5927 upH5927 from thereH8033 to 910PenuelH6439 and spokeH1696 similarlyH2088 to them; and the menH376 of PenuelH6439 answeredH6030 him justH3512 asH3512 the menH376 of SuccothH5523 had answeredH6030. 9So he saidH559 alsoH1571 to the menH376 of 11PenuelH6439, “When I returnH7725 safelyH7965, 12I will tearH5422 downH5422 thisH2088 towerH4026.”
10Now ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 were in KarkorH7174, and their 13armiesH4264 with them, about fifteenH2568H6240 thousandH505 men, allH3605 who were leftH3498 of the entireH3605 14armyH4264 of the 15peopleH1121 of the eastH6924; 16for the fallenH5307 were 120,000H3967H6242H505 17swordsmenH376H8025H2719. 11GideonH1439 wentH5927 upH5927 by the wayH1870 of those who livedH7931 in tentsH168 to the eastH6924 of NobahH5025 and JogbehahH3011, and he 18attackedH5221 the campH4264 when the campH4264 was unsuspectingH983.
Notes
- 1. Judges 8:4 Judg 7:25 ↩
- 2. Judges 8:5 Gen 33:17 ↩
- 3. Judges 8:5 Lit at my feet ↩
- 4. Judges 8:6 Lit Is the palm of...; i.e., are you so sure of victory that ↩
- 5. Judges 8:6 Judg 8:15 ↩
- 6. Judges 8:7 Judg 7:15 ↩
- 7. Judges 8:7 Or trample ↩
- 8. Judges 8:7 Lit flesh ↩
- 9. Judges 8:8 In Gen 32:30, Peniel ↩
- 10. Judges 8:8 Gen 32:31 ↩
- 11. Judges 8:9 Lit Penuel, saying, ↩
- 12. Judges 8:9 Judg 8:17 ↩
- 13. Judges 8:10 Or camps ↩
- 14. Judges 8:10 Or camp ↩
- 15. Judges 8:10 Lit sons ↩
- 16. Judges 8:10 Judg 6:5; 7:12; Is 9:4 ↩
- 17. Judges 8:10 Lit men who drew the sword ↩
- 18. Judges 8:11 Lit struck ↩
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
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