Judges 8:13-17

English Standard Version

¹³Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres. ¹⁴And he captured a young man of Succoth and questioned him. And he wrote down for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven men. ¹⁵And he came to the men of Succoth and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ^(A)‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are exhausted?’” ¹⁶And he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth a lesson. ¹⁷^(B)And he broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

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Judges 8:13-17

International Standard Version

¹³Then Joash’s son Gideon returned from the battle along the Heres Ascent. ¹⁴He caught a young man from Succoth and interrogated him. He wrote out for Gideon^[a] a list of the 77 officials of Succoth, including its elders. ¹⁵Then Gideon^[b] approached the men of Succoth and announced, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. You criticized me about them when you said, ‘Do you have Zebah and Zalmunna in custody^[c] already, so that we should give food to your weary army?’” ¹⁶So he took the elders of the city and disciplined the men of Succoth with thorns and briers from the desert. ¹⁷He also demolished the tower in Penuel and killed the men of the city.

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Footnotes

Judges 8:14 Lit. him
Judges 8:15 Lit. he
Judges 8:15 Lit. have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna

Judges 8:13-17

New International Version

¹³Gideon son of Joash^(A) then returned from the battle by the Pass of Heres.^(B) ¹⁴He caught a young man of Sukkoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Sukkoth,^(C) the elders^(D) of the town. ¹⁵Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, ‘Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?^(E)’” ¹⁶He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Sukkoth a lesson^(F) by punishing them with desert thorns and briers. ¹⁷He also pulled down the tower of Peniel^(G) and killed the men of the town.^(H)