But the leaders of Succoth said, “[a](A)Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?” So Gideon said, “For this answer, (B)when the Lord has handed over to me Zebah and Zalmunna, I will [b]thrash your [c]bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” Then he went up from there to [d](C)Penuel and spoke similarly to them; and the men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:6 Lit Is the palm of...; i.e., are you so sure of victory that
  2. Judges 8:7 Or trample
  3. Judges 8:7 Lit flesh
  4. Judges 8:8 In Gen 32:30, Peniel

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