Judges 7:16
14 His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
17 “Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
18 When I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
- ASV
- And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
- DARBY
- And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, and empty pitchers, and torches within the pitchers.
- BLB
- And he divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put shofars into the hand of every man, and empty pitchers, and torches in the midst of the pitchers.
- ÅB
- Og han delte de tre hundre mann i tre flokker og gav dem alle sammen basuner i hendene og tomme krukker, og inne i krukkene var det fakler.
- OTB
- Han delte de tre hundre mennene i tre grupper og plasserte trompeter og tomme krukker i hendene på dem alle, med fakler inne i krukkene.
- B1930
- Og han delte de tre hundre mann i tre flokker og gav dem alle sammen basuner i hendene og tomme krukker, og inne i krukkene var det fakler.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 4:7
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
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