New American Standard Bible 2020
Judges 8:7-16
7So GideonH1439 saidH559, “For thisH3651 answer, 1when the LordH3068 has handedH5414H3027 overH5414 to me ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, I will 2thrashH1758 your 3bodiesH1320 with the thornsH6975 of the wildernessH4057 and with briersH1303.” 8Then he wentH5927 upH5927 from thereH8033 to 45PenuelH6439 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 6PenuelH6439, “When I returnH7725 safelyH7965, 7I will tearH5422 downH5422 thisH2088 towerH4026.”
10Now ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 were in KarkorH7174, and their 8armiesH4264 with them, about fifteenH2568H6240 thousandH505 men, allH3605 who were leftH3498 of the entireH3605 9armyH4264 of the 10peopleH1121 of the eastH6924; 11for the fallenH5307 were 120,000H3967H6242H505 12swordsmenH376H8025H2719. 11GideonH1439 wentH5927 upH5927 by the wayH1870 of those who livedH7931 in tentsH168 to the eastH6924 of NobahH5025 and JogbehahH3011, and he 13attackedH5221 the campH4264 when the campH4264 was unsuspectingH983. 12When ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 fledH5127, he pursuedH7291H310 them and capturedH3920 the twoH8147 kingsH4428 of MidianH4080, ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, and routedH2729 the entireH3605 14armyH4264.
13Then GideonH1439 the sonH1121 of JoashH3060 returnedH7725 from the battleH4421 15by the ascentH4608 of HeresH2776. 14And he capturedH3920 a youthH5288 from 16SuccothH5523 and questionedH7592 him. Then the youth wroteH3789 downH3789 for him the leadersH8269 of SuccothH5523 and its eldersH2205, seventy-sevenH7657 menH376. 15And he cameH935 to the menH376 of SuccothH5523 and saidH559, “BeholdH2009 ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, about whomH834 you tauntedH2778 me, sayingH559, ‘1718Are the handsH3709 of ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 alreadyH6258 in your handH3027, that we should giveH5414 breadH3899 to your menH376 who are wearyH3287?’” 16Then he tookH3947 the eldersH2205 of the cityH5892, and thornsH6975 of the wildernessH4057 and briersH1303, and he 19disciplinedH3045 the menH376 of SuccothH5523 with them.
Notes
- 1. Judges 8:7 Judg 7:15 ↩
- 2. Judges 8:7 Or trample ↩
- 3. Judges 8:7 Lit flesh ↩
- 4. Judges 8:8 In Gen 32:30, Peniel ↩
- 5. Judges 8:8 Gen 32:31 ↩
- 6. Judges 8:9 Lit Penuel, saying, ↩
- 7. Judges 8:9 Judg 8:17 ↩
- 8. Judges 8:10 Or camps ↩
- 9. Judges 8:10 Or camp ↩
- 10. Judges 8:10 Lit sons ↩
- 11. Judges 8:10 Judg 6:5; 7:12; Is 9:4 ↩
- 12. Judges 8:10 Lit men who drew the sword ↩
- 13. Judges 8:11 Lit struck ↩
- 14. Judges 8:12 Or camp ↩
- 15. Judges 8:13 Or from ↩
- 16. Judges 8:14 Lit the men of ↩
- 17. Judges 8:15 Lit Is the palm of...; i.e., are you so sure of victory ↩
- 18. Judges 8:15 Judg 8:6 ↩
- 19. Judges 8:16 Lit taught ↩
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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