Judges 8:25
23 But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
24 Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
26 The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
27 From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
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
- “We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
- KJV
- And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
- WEB
- They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it.
- ASV
- And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil.
- DARBY
- And they said, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man the earrings of his booty.
- BLB
- And they answered, “We will give [them] gladly.” And they spread out a garment, and each man threw into it the rings from his plunder.
- ÅB
- Og de sa: Vi vil gjerne gi deg dem. Og de bredte ut en duk, og på det kastet hver av dem de ringer han hadde tatt til bytte.
- OTB
- De svarte: «Vi vil gjerne gi dem.» Så bredte de ut et klesplagg, og hver mann kastet en ørering fra sitt bytte på det.
- B1930
- Og de sa: Vi vil gjerne gi dig dem. Og de bredte ut et klæde, og på det kastet hver av dem de ringer han hadde tatt til bytte.