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Judges 8:9

Penuel

7 “Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”

8 From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.

11 And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.

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BSB
So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
KJV
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
WEB
He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
ASV
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
DARBY
And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
BLB
And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come back in peace, I will tear down this tower.”
ÅB
Da sa han til dem og: Når jeg kommer vel hjem igjen, vil jeg rive ned dette tårn.
OTB
Så sa han til mennene i Pnuel: «Når jeg vender trygt tilbake, vil jeg rive ned dette tårnet.»
B1930
Da sa han til dem og: Når jeg kommer vel hjem igjen, vil jeg rive ned dette tårn.

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