Judges 8

1 and to say to(wards) him man Ephraim what? [the] word: thing [the] this to make: do to/for us to/for lest to call: call to to/for us for to go: went to/for to fight in/on/with Midian and to contend [emph?] with him in/on/with force

The men of Ephraim said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us, not calling us when you went to fight with Midian?" And they argued with him fiercely.

2 and to say to(wards) them what? to make: do now like/as you not pleasant gleaning Ephraim from vintage Abiezer

He said to them, "What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

3 in/on/with hand: power your to give: give God [obj] ruler Midian [obj] Oreb and [obj] Zeeb and what? be able to make: do like/as you then to slacken spirit: temper their from upon him in/on/with to speak: speak he [the] word [the] this

God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger subsided toward him, when he had said that.

4 and to come (in): come Gideon [the] Jordan [to] to pass he/she/it and three hundred [the] man which with him faint and to pursue

Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, exhausted and famished.

5 and to say to/for human Succoth to give: give please talent food: bread to/for people: soldiers which in/on/with foot my for faint they(masc.) and I to pursue after Zebah and Zalmunna king Midian

He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."

6 and to say ruler Succoth palm Zebah and Zalmunna now in/on/with hand: power your for to give: give to/for army your food: bread

The princes of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?"

7 and to say Gideon to/for so in/on/with to give: give LORD [obj] Zebah and [obj] Zalmunna in/on/with hand: power my and to tread [obj] flesh your with thorn [the] wilderness and with [the] briar

Gideon said, "Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will thresh your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."

8 and to ascend: rise from there Peniel and to speak: speak to(wards) them like/as this and to answer [obj] him human Peniel like/as as which to answer human Succoth

He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

9 and to say also to/for human Peniel to/for to say in/on/with to return: return I in/on/with peace to tear [obj] [the] tower [the] this

He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower."

10 and Zebah and Zalmunna in/on/with Karkor and camp their with them like/as five ten thousand all [the] to remain from all camp son: descendant/people East and [the] to fall: kill hundred and twenty thousand man to draw sword

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the Kedemites; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.

11 and to ascend: rise Gideon way: road [the] to dwell in/on/with tent from front: east to/for Nobah and Jogbehah and to smite [obj] [the] camp and [the] camp to be security

And Gideon went up by the way of those who dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, opposite Zebah, and struck the army, when the army was unsuspecting.

12 and to flee Zebah and Zalmunna and to pursue after them and to capture [obj] two king Midian [obj] Zebah and [obj] Zalmunna and all [the] camp to tremble

Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them, and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the entire army.

13 and to return: return Gideon son: child Joash from [the] battle from to/for ascent [the] Heres

Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

14 and to capture youth from human Succoth and to ask him and to write to(wards) him [obj] ruler Succoth and [obj] old: elder her seventy and seven man

He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the officials of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.

15 and to come (in): come to(wards) human Succoth and to say behold Zebah and Zalmunna which to taunt [obj] me to/for to say palm Zebah and Zalmunna now in/on/with hand: power your for to give: give to/for human your [the] weary food: bread

He came to the men of Succoth, and said, "Look Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?"

16 and to take: take [obj] old: elder [the] city and [obj] thorn [the] wilderness and [obj] [the] briar and to know in/on/with them [obj] human Succoth

He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he threshed the men of Succoth.

17 and [obj] tower Peniel to tear and to kill [obj] human [the] city

He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

18 and to say to(wards) Zebah and to(wards) Zalmunna where? [the] human which to kill in/on/with (Mount) Tabor (and to say *L(abh)*) like you like them one like/as appearance son: child [the] king

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they; each one resembled the son of a king."

19 and to say brother: male-sibling my son: child mother my they(masc.) alive LORD if to live [obj] them not to kill [obj] you

He said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you."

20 and to say to/for Jether firstborn his to arise: rise to kill [obj] them and not to draw [the] youth sword his for to fear for still he youth

He said to Jether his firstborn, "Get up, and kill them." But the youth did not draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

21 and to say Zebah and Zalmunna to arise: rise you(m. s.) and to fall on in/on/with us for like/as man might his and to arise: rise Gideon and to kill [obj] Zebah and [obj] Zalmunna and to take: take [obj] [the] crescent which in/on/with neck camel their

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise up yourself, and kill us, for a man is judged by his strength." Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels' necks.

22 and to say man Israel to(wards) Gideon to rule in/on/with us also you(m. s.) also son: child your also son: descendant/people son: child your for to save us from hand: power Midian

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian."

23 and to say to(wards) them Gideon not to rule I in/on/with you and not to rule son: child my in/on/with you LORD to rule in/on/with you

Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you."

24 and to say to(wards) them Gideon to ask from you petition and to give: give to/for me man: anyone ring spoil his for ring gold to/for them for Ishmaelite they(masc.)

Gideon said to them, "I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings from his plunder." (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

25 and to say to give: give to give: give and to spread [obj] [the] mantle and to throw there [to] man: anyone ring spoil his

They answered, "We will willingly give them." They spread a garment, and every one of them threw an earring from his plunder.

26 and to be weight ring [the] gold which to ask thousand and seven hundred gold to/for alone from [the] crescent and [the] pendant and garment [the] purple which/that upon king Midian and to/for alone from [the] necklace which in/on/with neck camel their

The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

27 and to make [obj] him Gideon to/for ephod and to set [obj] him in/on/with city his in/on/with Ophrah and to fornicate all Israel after him there and to be to/for Gideon and to/for house: household his to/for snare

Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel prostituted themselves after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

28 and be humble Midian to/for face: before son: descendant/people Israel and not to add: again to/for to lift: raise head their and to quiet [the] land: country/planet forty year in/on/with day Gideon

So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and did not become a threat again. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

29 and to go: went Jerubbaal son: child Joash and to dwell in/on/with house: home his

Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

30 and to/for Gideon to be seventy son: child to come out: produce thigh his for woman: wife many to be to/for him

Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.

31 and concubine his which in/on/with Shechem to beget to/for him also he/she/it son: child and to set: make [obj] name his Abimelech

His secondary wife who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

32 and to die Gideon son: child Joash in/on/with greyheaded pleasant and to bury in/on/with grave Joash father his in/on/with Ophrah Abiezrite [the] Abiezrite

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

33 and to be like/as as which to die Gideon and to return: turn back son: descendant/people Israel and to fornicate after [the] Baal and to set: make to/for them Baal-berith Baal-berith to/for God

It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.

34 and not to remember son: descendant/people Israel [obj] LORD God their [the] to rescue [obj] them from hand: power all enemy their from around: side

The children of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;

35 and not to make: do kindness with house: household Jerubbaal Gideon like/as all [the] welfare which to make: do with Israel

neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.