Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And the sons
of Israel do
the
evil thing
in the eyes
of Jehovah,
and Jehovah
giveth
them into the hand of Midian seven years ,
And the children
of Israel did
evil in the sight
of the
LORD:
and the
LORD
delivered
them into the hand of Midian seven years .
and the hand of Midian is
strong
against Israel ,
from
the
presence
of Midian
have
the sons
of Israel made for
themselves
the flowings
which `
are '
in the mountains, and the
caves, and the
strongholds
.
And the hand of Midian prevailed
against Israel :
and
because
of the Midianites
the
children
of Israel made them
the dens
which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong
holds
.
And it hath
been
, if
Israel hath
sowed
, that Midian
hath
come
up, and Amalek
, and the sons
of the east, yea,
they have
come
up against him,
And so
it was
, when
Israel had
sown
, that the
Midianites
came
up, and the
Amalekites
, and the children
of the east, even
they came
up against them;
and encamp
against them, and destroy
the increase of the land
till thine
entering
Gaza ;
and they
leave
no sustenance in
Israel, either
sheep, or
ox, or
ass ;
And they
encamped
against them, and destroyed
the increase of the earth,
till thou
come
unto
Gaza ,
and left
no sustenance for
Israel, neither
sheep, nor
ox, nor
ass .
for they and
their
cattle
come
up ,
with their tents ;
they come
in
as the
fulness
of
the
locust
for multitude ,
and
of
them
and of
their cattle
there
is
no
number ,
and they come
into the land to destroy it.
For they came
up with their cattle
and
their
tents ,
and
they came
as grasshoppers
for multitude ;
for
both
they
and their camels
were
without
number :
and they entered
into the land to destroy it.
And Israel is
very
weak
from
the
presence
of Midian,
and the sons
of Israel cry
unto Jehovah
.
And Israel was
greatly
impoverished
because
of the
Midianites;
and the children
of Israel cried
unto the
LORD
.
And it cometh
to pass when the sons
of Israel have
cried unto Jehovah,
concerning
Midian
,
And it came
to pass ,
when the children
of Israel cried unto the
LORD
because
of
the
Midianites
,
that Jehovah
sendeth
a
man,
a prophet ,
unto the sons
of Israel, and
he
saith
to
them, `
Thus said
Jehovah,
God of Israel, I --
I
have
brought you up out
of
Egypt, and I
bring
you out from
a
house of servants,
That the
LORD
sent
a prophet unto the children
of Israel, which
said
unto
them, Thus saith
the
LORD
God of Israel, I brought you up from
Egypt, and brought
you forth
out of
the
house of bondage;
and I deliver
you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all your
oppressors
, and I
cast
them out from your
presence
, and I
give
to
you their land ,
And I delivered
you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that
oppressed
you
, and drave
them out from before
you
, and gave
you their land ;
and I say
to
you, I `
am '
Jehovah
your God ,
ye
do
not
fear the gods of the Amorite
in whose land ye are
dwelling
: --
and
ye have not hearkened
to
My voice. '
And I said
unto
you, I am the
LORD
your God ;
fear not
the gods of the Amorites,
in whose land ye dwell
: but
ye have not obeyed
my voice.
And the
messenger
of Jehovah
cometh
and sitteth
under the
oak which `is'
in Ophrah, which
`is'
to
Joash the Abi-Ezrite,
and Gideon
his son is
beating
out
wheat in
the wine-press
, to remove
`
it '
from the presence
of
the
Midianites ;
And there
came
an
angel
of the
LORD,
and sat
under an
oak which was
in Ophrah, that
pertained
unto
Joash the Abiezrite:
and his son Gideon
threshed
wheat by
the winepress
, to hide
it from the Midianites .
and the messenger
of Jehovah
appeareth
unto him, and saith
unto him, `Jehovah
`
is '
with thee, O
mighty one
of valour
. '
And the angel
of the
LORD
appeared
unto him, and said
unto him, The
LORD
is with thee, thou
mighty man
of valor
.
And Gideon saith
unto him, `O,
my lord --
and
Jehovah
is
with us !
--
and
why hath
all this found
us? and where `are'
all His wonders
which our fathers recounted
to
us, saying, Hath
not Jehovah
brought
us up out
of
Egypt? and
now Jehovah
hath left
us, and doth
give
us into the hand
of Midian
. '
And Gideon said
unto him, Oh
my Lord ,
if
the
LORD
be
with us ,
why then
is
all this befallen
us? and where be
all his miracles
which our fathers told
us of
, saying, Did
not the
LORD
bring
us up from
Egypt? but
now the
LORD
hath forsaken
us, and delivered
us into the hands
of the
Midianites
.
And Jehovah
turneth
unto
him and saith
, `
Go in this --
thy power;
and thou hast
saved
Israel out
of
the hand of Midian
--
have not I sent thee .'
And the
LORD
looked
upon
him ,
and said
, Go in this thy might,
and thou shalt
save
Israel from
the hand of the
Midianites:
have not I sent thee ?
And he saith
unto him, `O,
my lord, wherewith do
I save Israel? lo
, my chief
`
is '
weak
in Manasseh, and I the least in the
house
of
my father
. '
And he said
unto him, Oh
my Lord, wherewith shall
I save Israel? behold
, my family
is poor
in Manasseh, and I am
the least in my father's
house
.
And Jehovah
saith
unto him, `Because
I am
with thee --
thou hast
smitten
the Midianites as one man. '
And the
LORD
said
unto him, Surely
I will
be
with thee ,
and
thou shalt
smite
the Midianites as one man.
And he saith
unto Him, `
If ,
I
pray
Thee,
I have found grace in Thine
eyes
, then Thou
hast
done
for
me a sign that Thou art
speaking
with me.
And he said
unto him, If now
I have found grace in thy
sight
, then show
me a sign that thou talkest
with me.
Move
not, I pray Thee, from
this,
till
my
coming
in
unto Thee, and I
have
brought
out
my present, and put
it before Thee ;'
and he saith
, `
I --
I
do
abide
till
thy
return
. '
Depart
not hence
, I pray thee, until
I
come
unto thee, and bring
forth
my present, and set
it before thee .
And he said
, I will
tarry
until
thou
come
again
.
And Gideon hath
gone
in, and prepareth
a kid of
the
goats
, and of an ephah of flour unleavened
things;
the flesh he hath
put in a basket, and the
broth
he hath
put in a pot, and he
bringeth
out unto Him ,
unto
the
place
of
the oak, and bringeth
`
it '
nigh
.
And Gideon went
in, and made
ready
a kid, and unleavened
cakes
of an ephah of flour :
the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the
broth
in a pot, and brought
it
out unto him under
the oak, and presented
it.
And the messenger
of God saith
unto him, `
Take the flesh and the unleavened things
, and place
on
this rock --
and the
broth
pour out ;'
and he doth
so.
And the angel
of God said
unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes
, and lay
them
upon
this rock ,
and pour out the
broth.
And he did
so.
And
the messenger
of Jehovah
putteth
forth the end of the staff which
`is'
in His hand, and cometh
against
the flesh ,
and against
the unleavened things,
and the
fire
goeth
up out of the rock and consumeth
the flesh and the unleavened things
--
and
the messenger
of Jehovah
hath
gone
from
his eyes
.
Then
the angel
of the
LORD
put
forth the end of the staff that
was
in his hand, and touched
the flesh and the unleavened cakes;
and there
rose
up fire
out of the rock ,
and consumed
the flesh and the unleavened cakes.
Then
the angel
of the
LORD
departed
out
of
his sight
.
And Gideon seeth
that He `is'
a
messenger
of Jehovah
, and
Gideon saith
, `
Alas, Lord Jehovah
! because that
I have seen a
messenger
of Jehovah
face to face !'
And when
Gideon perceived
that he was
an
angel
of the
LORD
, Gideon said
, Alas, O
LORD God
! for
because I have seen an
angel
of the
LORD
face to face .
And Jehovah
saith
to
him, `
Peace to
thee; fear not ;
thou dost
not die. '
And the
LORD
said
unto
him, Peace be
unto
thee; fear not :
thou shalt
not die.
And
Gideon buildeth
there
an altar to
Jehovah
, and calleth
it Jehovah-Shalom,
unto this day it `
is '
yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites
.
Then
Gideon built
an altar there
unto
the
LORD
, and called
it Jehovahshalom:
unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites
.
And it cometh
to pass ,
on
that
night, that Jehovah
saith
to
him, `
Take the
young
ox
which
`is'
to
thy father
, and
the second bullock of seven years, and thou
hast
thrown
down the altar of Baal which
`is'
to
thy father, and the shrine
which
`
is '
by it thou
dost
cut
down,
And it came
to pass the
same
night, that the
LORD
said
unto
him, Take thy father's
young
bullock
, even
the second bullock of seven years old
, and throw
down the altar of Baal that
thy father hath
, and cut
down
the grove
that
is by it :
and thou
hast
built
an altar to
Jehovah
thy God on
the top of this stronghold
, by
the arrangement
, and hast
taken
the second bullock, and caused
to
ascend
a burnt -offering
with the wood of the shrine
which thou cuttest
down. '
And build
an altar unto
the
LORD
thy God upon
the top of this rock
, in
the ordered
place
, and take
the second bullock, and offer
a burnt sacrifice
with the wood of the grove
which thou shalt
cut
down.
And
Gideon taketh
ten men of his servants, and doth
as Jehovah
hath
spoken
unto him ,
and it cometh
to
pass
, because he hath
been
afraid
of
the
house
of
his father
, and the men of the city, to
do `
it '
by day, that he doth
`
it '
by night.
Then
Gideon took
ten men of his servants, and did
as the
LORD
had
said
unto him :
and so
it was
, because he feared
his father's
household
, and the men of the city, that
he
could
not
do it by day, that he did
it by night.
And the men of the city rise
early in the morning, and
lo
, broken
down
hath
been
the altar of Baal, and the shrine
which
is
by
it
hath
been
cut down, and the second bullock hath
been
offered on
the altar which
is
built.
And when
the men of the city arose
early in the morning, behold
, the altar of Baal was
cast
down
, and the grove
was
cut down that
was
by
it
, and the second bullock was
offered upon
the altar that
was
built.
And they say
one to another, `
Who hath done this thing? '
and they inquire
and seek
, and
they say
, `
Gideon son of Joash hath done this thing. '
And they said
one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when
they inquired
and asked
, they said
, Gideon the
son of Joash hath done this thing.
And
the men of the city say
unto Joash, `
Bring out thy son, and
he dieth,
because he hath broken
down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the shrine
which
`is'
by it. '
Then
the men of the city said
unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that
he may
die:
because he hath cast
down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove
that
was
by it.
And Joash saith
to
all who
have
stood against him, `Ye,
do
ye plead for Baal? ye
--
do
ye save him? he who
pleadeth
for him is
put to death during
the
morning ;
if he `is'
a god he
himself
doth
plead
against
him, because he
hath broken
down his altar. '
And Joash said
unto
all that
stood against him, Will
ye plead for Baal? will
ye save him? he that
will
plead
for him ,
let
him
be
put to death whilst
it
is
yet
morning :
if he be
a god ,
let
him plead
for
himself
, because one
hath cast
down his altar.
And
he
calleth
him,
on that day ,
Jerubbaal, saying, `The
Baal doth
plead against him, because he hath broken
down his altar. '
Therefore
on that day he
called
him
Jerubbaal, saying, Let
Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown
down his altar.
And
all Midian
and Amalek
and the sons
of the east have
been
gathered together, and pass
over, and encamp
in the valley of Jezreel ,
Then
all the
Midianites
and the
Amalekites
and the children
of the east were
gathered together, and went
over, and pitched
in the valley of Jezreel .
and
the Spirit of Jehovah
hath
clothed
Gideon, and he bloweth
with
a trumpet ,
and Abi-Ezer
is
called
after him ;
But
the Spirit of the
LORD
came
upon
Gideon, and he blew
a trumpet ;
and Abiezer
was
gathered
after him .
and messengers
he hath
sent into
all Manasseh ,
and
it
also is
called
after him ;
and messengers
he hath
sent into
Asher, and into
Zebulun, and into
Naphtali ,
and they come
up to meet them.
And he sent messengers
throughout
all Manasseh ;
who
also was
gathered
after him :
and he sent messengers
unto
Asher, and unto
Zebulun, and unto
Naphtali ;
and they came
up to meet them.
And Gideon saith
unto God, `
If Thou art
Saviour
of
Israel by my
hand, as Thou hast spoken
,
And Gideon said
unto God, If thou wilt
save
Israel by mine
hand, as thou hast said
,
lo
, I am
placing
the
fleece of wool in the threshing-
floor :
if dew is
on the fleece alone
, and on
all the earth drought
--
then I have
known
that Thou dost
save Israel by my
hand, as Thou hast spoken;'
Behold
, I will
put
a
fleece of wool in the floor ;
and
if the
dew be
on the fleece only
, and it
be
dry
upon
all the earth beside,
then shall
I know
that thou wilt
save Israel by mine
hand, as thou hast said.
and it is
so ,
and
he riseth
early on the morrow, and presseth
the fleece, and wringeth
dew out of the fleece --
the
fulness
of
the
bowl
, of water.
And it was
so :
for
he rose
up
early on the morrow, and thrust
the fleece together
, and wringed
the
dew out of the fleece, a
bowl
full
of water.
And Gideon saith
unto God, `
Let not Thine anger burn
against me, and I speak only
this time;
let me try
, I pray Thee, only
this time
with the fleece --
let there
be ,
I
pray
Thee,
drought
on
the fleece alone
, and on
all the earth
let there be dew. '
And Gideon said
unto God, Let not thine anger be
hot
against me, and I will
speak but
this once:
let me prove
, I pray thee, but
this once
with the fleece ;
let it
now
be dry
only
upon
the fleece, and upon
all the ground
let there be dew.
And God doth
so on
that night ,
and
there
is
drought
on
the fleece alone
, and on all the earth
there
hath
been
dew
.
And God did
so that night :
for
it
was
dry
upon
the fleece only
, and there
was
dew
on all the ground
.
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