Judges 7:6
4 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.
5 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 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.
7 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.
8 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.
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 the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
- ASV
- And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
- DARBY
- And the number of them that lapped, with their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
- BLB
- And the number of those lapping with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; and all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water.
- ÅB
- Og tallet på dem som lepjet med hånden til munnen, var tre hundre; men hele resten av folket la seg på kne og drakk av vannet.
- OTB
- Antallet av dem som lepjet, ved å føre hånden til munnen, var tre hundre menn; men alle de andre knelte ned for å drikke vann.
- B1930
- Og tallet på dem som lepjet med hånden til munnen, var tre hundre; men hele resten av folket la sig på kne og drakk av vannet.