Judges 8:13
11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
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
- After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
- KJV
- And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
- WEB
- Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
- ASV
- And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
- DARBY
- And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle, from the ascent of Heres.
- BLB
- And Gideon son of Joash returned from battle along the Ascent of Heres.
- ÅB
- Og Gideon, Joas' sønn, vendte tilbake fra striden, fra Heres-skaret.
- OTB
- Gideon, sønn av Joasj, vendte så tilbake fra slaget ved Heres-stigningen.
- B1930
- Og Gideon, Joas' sønn, vendte tilbake fra striden, fra Heres-skaret.