Judges 8

1 The men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “What is this you have done to us? You did not call us when you went to fight against Midian.” Then they had a violent argument with him.

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

2 He said to them, “What have I done now compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim's grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer?

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

3 God has given you victory over the princes of Midian—Oreb and Zeeb! What have I accomplished compared to you?” Their anger toward him died down when he said this.

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

4 Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over it, he and the three hundred men who were with him. They were exhausted, yet they still kept up the pursuit.

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

5 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 Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

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

6 Then the officials said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand? Why should we give bread to your army?”

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

7 Gideon said, “When Yahweh has given us victory over Zebah and Zalmunna, I will tear your skin with the desert thorns and briers.”

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

8 He went up from there to Peniel and spoke to the people there in the same way, but the men of Peniel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered.

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

9 He spoke also to the men of Peniel and said, “When I come again in peace, I will pull down this tower.”

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

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all who remained out of the entire army of the people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men who drew the sword.

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

11 Gideon went up the road taken by tent dwellers, past Nobah and Jogbehah. He defeated the enemy army, because they were not expecting an attack.

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

12 Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and as Gideon pursued them, he captured the two kings of Midian—Zebah and Zalmunna—and set their whole army into a panic.

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

13 Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle going through the pass of Heres.

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

14 He caught a young man of Succoth and questioned him. The young man wrote down the names of seventy-seven officials and elders of Succoth.

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

15 Gideon came to the men of Succoth and said, “Look at Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you mocked me and said, 'Have you already conquered Zebah and Zalmunna? We do not know that we should give bread to your army.'”

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

16 Gideon took the elders of the city, and he punished the men of Succoth with the desert thorns and briers.

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

17 Then he pulled down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of that city.

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

18 Then Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they. Every one of them looked like the son of a king.”

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

19 Gideon said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”

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

20 He said to Jether (his firstborn), “Get up and kill them!” But the young man did not draw his sword for he was afraid, because he was still a young boy.

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

21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up yourself and kill us! For as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon rose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna. He also took off the crescent-shaped ornaments that were on their camels' necks.

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

22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson—because you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.”

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

23 Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither will my son rule over you. Yahweh will rule over you.”

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

24 Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you: Every one of you would give me the earrings from his plunder.” (The Midianites had golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

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.)

25 They answered, “We are glad to give them to you.” They spread out a cloak and every man threw on it the earrings from his plunder.

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

26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold. This plunder was in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple clothing that was worn by the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that had been around their camels' necks.

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

27 Gideon made an ephod out of the earrings and put it in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there. It became a trap for Gideon and for those in his house.

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

28 So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel and they did not raise their heads up again. So the land had peace for forty years in the days of Gideon.

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

29 Jerub Baal, son of Joash, went and lived in his own house.

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

30 Gideon had seventy sons who were his descendants, for he had many wives.

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

31 His concubine, who was in Shechem, also bore him a son, and Gideon gave him the name Abimelech.

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

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

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

33 It came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, the people of Israel turned again and prostituted themselves by worshiping the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.

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

34 The people of Israel did not remember to honor Yahweh, their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side.

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

35 They did not keep their promises to the house of Jerub Baal (that is, Gideon), in return for all the good he had done in Israel.

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