Judges 8:16

In 11 translations

BSB

Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.

KJV

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.taught: Heb. made to know

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And he takes the elderly of the city, and [the] thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teaches the men of Succoth by them,

YLT

And 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,

DBY

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

DRC

So he took the ancients of the city and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth.

GNV

Then he tooke the Elders of the citie, and thornes of the wildernes and breers, and did teare the men of Succoth with them.

JPS

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

LXXE

And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.

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WLC

וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־זִקְנֵ֣י הָעִ֔יר וְאֶת־קוֹצֵ֥י הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְאֶת־הַֽבַּרְקֳנִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣דַע בָּהֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת אַנְשֵׁ֥י סֻכּֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς πόλεως ἐν ταῖς ἀκάνθαις τῆς ἐρήμου καὶ ταῖς Βαρκηνὶμ, καὶ ἠλόησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς τοὺς ἄνδρας τῆς πόλεως·

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• Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
• Judges 8:7“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!”
• Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
• Micah 7:4The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
• Ezra 2:6the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;

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