Judges 7:9-14
New English Translation
Gideon Reassured of Victory
9 That night the Lord said to Gideon,[a] “Get up! Attack[b] the camp, for I am handing it over to you.[c] 10 But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servant 11 and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave[d] and attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp.[e] 12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts.[f] Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore. 13 When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had.[g] The man[h] said, “Look! I had a dream. I saw[i] a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed.”[j] 14 The other man said,[k] “Without a doubt this symbolizes[l] the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”
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- Judges 7:9 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Judges 7:9 tn Heb “Go down against.”
- Judges 7:9 tn The Hebrew verbal form is a perfect, emphasizing the certainty of the promise.
- Judges 7:11 tn Heb “your hands will be strengthened.”
- Judges 7:11 tn Heb “to the edge of the ones in battle array who were in the camp.”
- Judges 7:12 tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east were falling in the valley like locusts in great number.”
- Judges 7:13 tn Heb “And Gideon came, and, look, a man was relating to his friend a dream.”
- Judges 7:13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man mentioned in the previous clause) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Judges 7:13 tn Heb “Look!” The repetition of this interjection, while emphatic in Hebrew, would be redundant in the English translation.
- Judges 7:13 tn Heb “It came to the tent and struck it and it fell. It turned it upside down and the tent fell.”
- Judges 7:14 tn Heb “answered and said.”
- Judges 7:14 tn Heb “This can be nothing but.”
Judges 7:9-14
Christian Standard Bible
Gideon Spies on the Midianite Camp
9 That night the Lord said to him, “Get up and attack the camp, for I have handed it over to you.(A) 10 But if you are afraid to attack the camp, go down with Purah your servant. 11 Listen to what they say, and then you will be encouraged to attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to the outpost of the troops[a] who were in the camp.
12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the people of the east had settled down in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore. 13 When Gideon arrived, there was a man telling his friend about a dream. He said, “Listen, I had a dream:(B) a loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp, struck a tent, and it fell. The loaf turned the tent upside down so that it collapsed.”
14 His friend answered, “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has handed the entire Midianite camp over to him.”
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- 7:11 Lit of those who were arranged in companies of 50
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