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

23But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The Lord will rule over you! 24However, I do have one request—that each of you give me an earring from the plunder you collected from your fallen enemies.” (The enemies, being Ishmaelites, all wore gold earrings.) “Gladly!” they replied. They spread out a cloak, and each one threw in a gold earring he had gathered from the plunder. 26The weight of the gold earrings was forty-three pounds, not including the royal ornaments and pendants, the purple clothing worn by the kings of Midian, or the chains around the necks of their camels. 27Gideon made a sacred ephod from the gold and put it in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping it, and it became a trap for Gideon and his family.

Judges 8:25 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they answeredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• We will willinglyנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• And they spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• a garmentשִׂמְלָהώimlâh · mantleH8071
• and did castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• therein every manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• the earringsנֶ֫זֶםnezem · ringH5141
• of his preyשָׁלָלshâlâl · 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

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• 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