士师记 7:2-4

Chinese New Version (Simplified)

²耶和华对基甸说：“与你在一起的人太多，我不能把米甸人交在你们手中，免得以色列人向我自夸：‘是我们自己的手救了我们。’ ³现在你要向众民宣告：‘害怕战栗的，可以回去，离开基列山。’”于是众民中有二万二千人回去，只剩下一万人。

⁴耶和华对基甸说：“人还是太多，你要领他们下到水旁去，我要在那里为你试验他们。我指着谁对你说：‘这人可以与你同去’，他就可以与你同去；我指着谁对你说：‘这人不可以与你同去’，他就不可以与你同去。”

Judges 7:2-4

Good News Translation

²The Lord said to Gideon, “The men you have are too many for me to give them victory over the Midianites. They might think that they had won by themselves, and so give me no credit. ³^(A)Announce to the people, ‘Anyone who is afraid should go back home, and we will stay here at Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand went back, but ten thousand stayed.

⁴Then the Lord said to Gideon, “You still have too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will separate them for you there. If I tell you a man should go with you, he will go. If I tell you a man should not go with you, he will not go.”

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Judges 7:2-4

New Catholic Bible

²The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many people with you for me to deliver over the Midianites into your hands. Otherwise, Israel might vaunt themselves against me saying, ‘We have saved ourselves by our own efforts.’ ³Announce to the people, ‘Whoever is afraid and panicking, let him go back and leave Mount Gilead.’ ” Twenty-two thousand of the men left, and there were ten thousand left.

⁴Then the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you. Of whomever I say to you, ‘This one will go with you,’ that is the one who will go with you. Of whomever I say to you, ‘This one will not go with you,’ that one will not go with you.”

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Judges 7:2-4

New International Version

²The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength^(A) has saved me.’ ³Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.^(B)’” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.

⁴But the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many^(C) men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

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