Judges 8:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He then said to Jether, his firstborn, 'Get up and kill them.' But the young man did not draw his sword because he was afraid, still being just a boy.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And he said to Jether his firstborn, Rise, and kill them. But the youth did not draw his sword: for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559} unto Jether{H3500} his first-born,{H1060} Up,{H6965} and slay{H2026} them. But the youth{H5288} drew{H8025} not his sword;{H2719} for he feared,{H3372} because he was yet a youth.{H5288}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Jether{H3500} his firstborn{H1060}, Up{H6965}{(H8798)}, and slay{H2026}{(H8798)} them. But the youth{H5288} drew{H8025}{(H8804)} not his sword{H2719}: for he feared{H3372}{(H8804)}, because he was yet a youth{H5288}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he saide vnto his first borne sonne Iether: Stonde vp, & slaye them. Howbeit the lad drue not out his swerde, for he was afrayed, for so moch as he was yet but a lad.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then he sayde vnto Iether his first borne sonne, Vp, & slay them: but the boy drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet yong.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he sayde vnto Iether his eldest sonne, Up and slay them. But the ladde drue not his sworde: for he feared, because he was yet young.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet a youth.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and kill them. But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he saith to Jether his first-born, `Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he `is' yet a youth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said unto Jether his first-born, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said unto Jether his first-born, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He said to Jether his firstborn, "Get up, and kill them!" But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He ordered Jether his firstborn son,“Come on! Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, because he was still young.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 10:24 : 24 When they brought out these kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the warriors who had gone with him, 'Come forward and put your feet on the necks of these kings.' So they came forward and placed their feet on their necks.
  • 1 Sam 15:33 : 33 Samuel said, 'As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women.' Then Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
  • Ps 149:9 : 9 to carry out the judgment written against them. This is the glory of all His faithful ones. Praise the LORD!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 8:21-23
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    78%

    21 Zebah and Zalmunna said, 'Get up yourself and strike us down, for a man is judged by his strength.' So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

    22 The Israelites said to Gideon, 'Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson—because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.'

    23 But Gideon replied, 'I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.'

  • Judg 8:18-19
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    77%

    18 Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, 'What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?' They answered, 'They were like you—each one resembling the son of a king.'

    19 Gideon said, 'They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As surely as the Lord lives, if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you.'

  • Judg 6:27
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    27 So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was afraid of his family and the men of the city, he did it at night rather than in the daytime.

  • Judg 7:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 His companion responded, "This can only mean the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian and the entire camp into his hands."

    15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down in worship. He returned to the Israelite camp and said, "Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite camp into your hands."

  • Judg 8:10-14
    5 verses
    72%

    10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all that was left of the army of the sons of the east. One hundred twenty thousand sword-wielding men had fallen.

    11 Gideon went up by the route of the tent dwellers east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the camp while the army was unprepared.

    12 Zebah and Zalmunna fled, but Gideon pursued them. He captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and threw the entire army into a panic.

    13 Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle by the Ascent of Heres.

    14 He captured a young man from Succoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the leaders of Succoth and its elders—seventy-seven men.

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    72%

    7 So Gideon said, 'Very well, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will tear your flesh with thorns of the wilderness and briars.'

  • Judg 7:1-4
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    71%

    1 Early in the morning, Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people with him set up camp beside the spring of Harod. Meanwhile, the camp of Midian was to the north of them, by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

    2 The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many people with you for me to hand Midian over to them, lest Israel boast against me, claiming, 'My own strength has delivered me.'

    3 Now therefore, announce to the people: 'Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home and depart from Mount Gilead.'" So, twenty-two thousand men returned, but ten thousand remained.

    4 Then the LORD said to Gideon, "There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and there I will test them for you. Whoever I say, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go; and whoever I say, 'This one shall not go with you,' he shall not go."

  • Judg 8:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 God gave the leaders of Midian—Oreb and Zeeb—into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?' At this, their anger toward him subsided when he said this.

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  • Judg 6:11-14
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    70%

    11 Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

    12 The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, 'The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.'

    13 Gideon said to him, 'Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about, saying, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.'

    14 The Lord turned to him and said, 'Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?'

  • Judg 6:25
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    25 That same night the Lord said to him, 'Take the second bull from your father's herd, the one seven years old. Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.'

  • Judg 9:5
    69%

    5 He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, escaped by hiding himself.

  • Judg 7:20
    69%

    20 The three groups blew their trumpets and broke the jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"

  • Judg 21:10
    69%

    10 So the assembly sent twelve thousand armed men with the command, 'Go and strike down the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the sword, including the women and children.'

  • Judg 9:17
    69%

    17 'because my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you from the hand of Midian—'

  • Judg 6:36
    69%

    36 Gideon said to God, 'If you are truly going to use me to save Israel as you have promised,

  • Judg 8:28
    69%

    28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During the days of Gideon, the land had peace for forty years.

  • 2 Sam 1:9-10
    2 verses
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    9 He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for I am in agony and my life still lingers in me.'

    10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew he could not survive after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.

  • Judg 9:54
    69%

    54 Hastily, he called to his young armor-bearer and said, "Draw your sword and kill me, so they cannot say, 'A woman killed him.'" So his servant ran him through, and he died.

  • Judg 7:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 He said to them, "Watch me and do as I do. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do.

    18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then you also blow your trumpets all around the camp and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon!'"

  • Judg 6:29
    68%

    29 They asked one another, 'Who did this?' When they investigated and inquired, they were told, 'Gideon son of Joash did it.'

  • Judg 7:25
    68%

    25 They captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, across the Jordan.

  • Judg 7:9
    68%

    9 That night the LORD said to him, "Get up and go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hands.

  • Judg 7:7
    68%

    7 The LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped, I will save you and hand Midian over to you. Let all the others go home."

  • Judg 6:33
    68%

    33 Now all the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east joined forces, crossed the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

  • 1 Sam 17:33
    68%

    33 But Saul replied, 'You cannot go against this Philistine to fight him. You are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.'

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    68%

    32 Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Exod 32:27
    67%

    27 Then he said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Each man put his sword on his side. Go back and forth through the camp, from gate to gate, and kill your brother, your friend, and your neighbor.'"

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    67%

    3 "When I saw that you would not help, I risked my own life and crossed over to fight against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why have you come to fight against me today?"

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    67%

    13 When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.

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    67%

    23 But the Lord said to him, 'Peace be with you. Do not be afraid; you will not die.'

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