Judges 8:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And he speaketh also to the men of Penuel, saying, `In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 8:17 : 17 and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.
  • 1 Kgs 22:27-28 : 27 and thou hast said, Thus said the king, Place ye this one in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my coming in peace.' 28 And Micaiah saith, `If thou at all return in peace -- Jehovah hath not spoken by me;' and he saith, `Hear, O peoples, all of them.'

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    15And he cometh in unto the men of Succoth, and saith, `Lo Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we give to thy men who `are' wearied bread?'

    16And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,

    17and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.

    18And he saith unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, `How -- the men whom ye slew in Tabor?' and they say, `As thou -- so they, one -- as the form of the king's sons.'

  • Judg 8:7-8
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    7And Gideon saith, `Therefore -- in Jehovah's giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand -- I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.'

    8And he goeth up thence `to' Penuel, and speaketh unto them thus; and the men of Penuel answer him as the men of Succoth answered.

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    9And a battering-ram before him he placeth against thy walls, And thy towers he breaketh by his weapons.

  • Gen 28:21
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    21when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God,

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    46And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,

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  • Judg 9:50-52
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    50And Abimelech goeth unto Thebez, and encampeth against Thebez, and captureth it,

    51and a strong tower hath been in the midst of the city, and thither flee do all the men and the women, and all the masters of the city, and they shut `it' behind them, and go up on the roof of the tower.

    52And Abimelech cometh unto the tower, and fighteth against it, and draweth nigh unto the opening of the tower to burn it with fire,

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    8and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it -- then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'

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    21And Zebah saith -- also Zalmunna -- `Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man -- his might;' and Gideon riseth, and slayeth Zebah and Zalmunna, and taketh their round ornaments which `are' on the necks of their camels.

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    9And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith unto him, `Rise, go down into the camp, for I have given it into thy hand;

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    10And Zebah and Zalmunna `are' in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who are left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those falling `are' a hundred and twenty thousand men, drawing sword.

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    25And he sheweth them the entrance of the city, and they smite the city by the mouth of the sword, and the man and all his family they have sent away;

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    5and it hath come to pass in that day that I have broken the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.'

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    19And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,

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    7And Samson saith to them, `Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!'

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    29my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil.

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