Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
Jerubbaal (he
`
is '
Gideon )
riseth
early
, and all the people who
`are'
with him, and they
encamp
by
the well of Harod ,
and
the camp
of Midian
hath
been
on the south
of him
, on
the height
of Moreh, in the valley.
Then
Jerubbaal ,
who
is Gideon, and all the people that
were
with him, rose
up
early,
and pitched
beside
the well of Harod :
so
that
the host
of the
Midianites
were
on the north
side
of them
, by
the hill
of Moreh, in the valley.
And Jehovah
saith
unto Gideon, `Too
many
`are'
the people who
`
are '
with thee for My
giving
Midian
into their hand
, lest Israel beautify
itself
against Me, saying, My
hand hath given
salvation
to
me ;
And the
LORD
said
unto Gideon, The people that
are with thee are
too
many
for me
to
give
the
Midianites
into their hands
, lest Israel vaunt
themselves
against me, saying, Mine
own
hand hath saved
me .
and
now ,
call,
I
pray
thee
, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso
`
is '
afraid
and trembling
, let him turn
back
and go
early from mount Gilead ;'
and there turn
back
of the people twenty and two thousand ,
and ten thousand have
been
left
.
Now therefore
go
to
, proclaim
in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever
is fearful
and afraid
, let him return
and depart
early from mount Gilead .
And there returned
of the people twenty and two thousand ;
and there
remained
ten thousand.
And Jehovah
saith
unto Gideon, `Yet
`are'
the people too many; bring them down unto the water, and I refine
it
for thee there ;
and it hath
been
, he
of whom I say unto thee, This doth
go with thee --
he
doth
go with thee; and any
of whom
I say unto thee, This doth
not go with thee --
he
doth
not go. '
And the
LORD
said
unto Gideon, The people are
yet
too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will
try
them
for thee there :
and it shall
be
, that
of whom I say unto thee, This shall
go with thee ,
the
same
shall
go with thee; and of whomsoever
I say unto thee, This shall
not go with thee ,
the
same
shall
not go.
And
he bringeth
down the people unto the water ,
and Jehovah
saith
unto Gideon, `
Every one who
lappeth with
his
tongue
of the water as the
dog lappeth --
thou dost
set him
apart
; also
every one who
boweth on
his knees to drink. '
So
he brought
down the people unto the water :
and the
LORD
said
unto Gideon, Every one that
lappeth of the water with
his
tongue,
as a
dog lappeth ,
him
shalt
thou set by
himself
; likewise
every one that
boweth down
upon
his knees to drink.
And the number of those
lapping
with
their hand unto
their mouth is
three hundred men ,
and
all the rest of the people have
bowed down on
their knees to drink water.
And the number of them
that
lapped,
putting
their hand to
their mouth ,
were
three hundred men :
but
all the rest of the people bowed down upon
their knees to drink water.
And Jehovah
saith
unto Gideon, `
By the three hundred men who
are
lapping
I save you, and have
given
Midian
into thy
hand ,
and all the people go ,
each
to
his place. '
And the
LORD
said
unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that
lapped
will
I save you, and deliver
the
Midianites
into thine
hand :
and let
all the other
people go every
man
unto
his place.
And
the people take
the
provision
in their hand, and their trumpets ,
and every
man
of
Israel
he hath
sent away,
each
to
his tents;
and on
the
three hundred men he
hath
kept
hold,
and the camp
of Midian hath
been
by
him at
the
lower
part
of
the valley.
So
the people took
victuals
in their hand, and their trumpets :
and he sent all
the
rest
of
Israel
every
man
unto
his tent,
and retained
those
three hundred men :
and the host
of Midian was
beneath
him in
the valley.
And it cometh
to pass ,
on
that
night, that Jehovah
saith
unto him, `Rise
, go
down into
the camp,
for I have given
it into thy
hand ;
And it came
to pass the
same
night, that the
LORD
said
unto him, Arise
, get
thee
down unto
the host;
for I have delivered
it into thine
hand .
and
if thou art
afraid
to go down --
go
down
, thou and
Phurah thy young
man,
unto
the camp,
But
if thou fear
to go down, go
thou with
Phurah thy servant
down
to
the host:
and thou hast
heard
what they speak,
and afterwards
are
thy
hands strengthened ,
and
thou
hast
gone
down against
the camp
. '
And
he goeth
down ,
he
and
Phurah his young
man,
unto the extremity
of the fifties
who
`are'
in the camp;
And thou shalt
hear
what they say;
and afterward
shall
thine
hands be
strengthened to
go
down unto
the host
. Then
went
he down with
Phurah his servant
unto the outside
of the armed
men
that
were
in the host.
and Midian
and Amalek,
and all the sons
of the east are
lying
in the valley ,
as
the
locust
for multitude ,
and of
their camels there
is
no
number, as sand which
`is'
on
the sea -shore
for multitude.
And the
Midianites
and the
Amalekites
and all the children
of the east lay
along
in the valley like
grasshoppers
for multitude ;
and their camels were
without
number, as the
sand by
the sea side
for multitude.
And Gideon cometh
in
, and
lo
, a man is
recounting
to
his
companion
a dream, and saith
, `Lo
, a
dream
I have
dreamed, and lo, a cake of barley -
bread is
turning
itself
over
into the camp
of Midian, and it
cometh
in
unto the
tent, and smiteth
it ,
and
it falleth
, and turneth
it upwards
, and
the tent hath
fallen
. '
And when
Gideon was
come
, behold
, there
was
a man that
told
a dream unto
his
fellow
, and said
, Behold
, I dreamed a
dream
, and ,
lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled
into the host
of Midian, and came
unto a
tent, and smote
it that
it fell
, and overturned
it, that
the tent lay
along
.
And his companion
answereth
and saith
, `
This is nothing save the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel ;
God
hath
given
into his hand Midian and all the camp
. '
And his fellow
answered
and said
, This is nothing else
save the sword of Gideon the
son of Joash, a man of Israel :
for
into his hand hath
God
delivered
Midian ,
and all the host
.
And it cometh
to
pass
, when Gideon heareth
the narration
of the dream and its
interpretation, that he boweth
himself
, and turneth
back
unto
the camp
of Israel, and saith,
`Rise
ye
, for Jehovah
hath given
into your hand the camp
of Midian. '
And it was
so
, when Gideon heard
the telling
of the dream ,
and the
interpretation thereof
, that he worshipped
, and returned
into
the host
of Israel, and said
, Arise;
for the
LORD
hath delivered
into your hand the host
of Midian.
And he divideth
the three hundred men `
into '
three detachments
, and putteth
trumpets
into
the
hand of
all
of
them
, and
empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
And he divided
the three hundred men into three companies
, and he
put
a
trumpet
in
every
man's
hand, with
empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
And he saith
unto them, `
Look at
me, and thus
do ;
and lo
, I am
coming
into
the extremity
of the camp --
and
it hath
been
--
as I do so ye do ;
And he said
unto them, Look on
me, and do likewise:
and, behold,
when
I come
to
the outside
of the camp ,
it shall
be
that,
as I do ,
so shall
ye do .
and
I have
blown
with a trumpet --
I and all who
`
are '
with me, and
ye have
blown
with
trumpets ,
even
ye,
round
about
all the camp, and have
said
, For
Jehovah
and for
Gideon. '
When
I blow
with a trumpet ,
I and all that
are with me, then
blow
ye the
trumpets also
on
every
side
of
all the camp, and say
, The
sword
of
the
LORD,
and of
Gideon.
And
Gideon cometh
--
and the hundred men who
`are'
with him --
into
the extremity
of the camp ,
`at'
the beginning of the middle watch (it
hath
only
just
confirmed
the watchmen),
and they blow
with
trumpets --
dashing
in
pieces
also
the pitchers which
`are'
in their hand;
So
Gideon ,
and the hundred men that
were
with him ,
came
unto
the outside
of the camp in
the beginning of the middle watch ;
and
they
had
but
newly
set
the watch:
and they blew
the
trumpets ,
and
brake
the pitchers that
were
in their hands.
and the three detachments
blow
with
trumpets, and break
the pitchers, and keep
hold
with
their
left
hand
on
the lamps, and with
their
right
hand
on
the trumpets to blow ,
and they cry
, `
The sword of Jehovah
and of Gideon. '
And the three companies
blew
the
trumpets, and brake
the pitchers, and held
the lamps in
their
left
hands
, and the trumpets in
their
right
hands
to blow withal:
and they cried
, The sword of the
LORD,
and of Gideon.
And they stand
each
in his place ,
round about the camp ,
and all the camp
runneth
, and they
shout
, and flee;
And they stood
every
man
in his place round about the camp ;
and all the host
ran
, and cried
, and fled.
and the three hundred blow
the trumpets, and Jehovah
setteth
the sword of
each
against his companion
, even through
all the camp;
and the camp
fleeth
unto
Beth-Shittah,
at
Zererath, unto
the border of Abel-Meholah
, by
Tabbath.
And the three hundred blew
the trumpets, and the LORD
set
every
man's
sword against his fellow
, even throughout
all the host:
and the host
fled
to
Bethshittah
in
Zererath, and
to
the border of Abelmeholah
, unto
Tabbath.
And the men of Israel are
called
from
Naphtali, and from
Asher, and from
all Manasseh, and pursue
after Midian
.
And the men of Israel gathered
themselves
together
out
of
Naphtali, and out
of
Asher, and out
of
all Manasseh, and pursued
after the
Midianites
.
And messengers
hath
sent
Gideon into
all the
hill-country
of
Ephraim, saying, `
Come down to
meet
Midian
, and capture
before them the waters unto Beth-Barah,
and the
Jordan ;'
and
every
man
of Ephraim is
called
, and they
capture
the waters unto Beth-Barah,
and the
Jordan ,
And Gideon sent
messengers
throughout
all mount
Ephraim, saying, come down against
the
Midianites
, and take
before them the waters unto Bethbarah
and Jordan .
Then
all
the
men
of Ephraim gathered
themselves
together
, and took
the waters unto Bethbarah
and Jordan .
and they capture
two of the heads
of
Midian
, Oreb ,
and Zeeb ,
and slay
Oreb at
the rock of
Oreb, and Zeeb they have
slain
at the wine-vat
of Zeeb, and they
pursue
unto
Midian ;
and the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they
have
brought
in
unto
Gideon beyond
the Jordan.
And they took
two princes
of the Midianites
, Oreb and Zeeb ;
and they
slew
Oreb upon
the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew
at the winepress
of Zeeb, and pursued
Midian ,
and brought
the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to
Gideon on
the other
side
Jordan.
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