KJV King James Version
When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, [The sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 7:18
When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, [The sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”
WEB World English Bible
When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and shout, ‘For Yahweh and for Gideon!’”
ASV American Standard Version
When I blow the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Jehovah and for Gideon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I have blown with a trumpet—I and all who are with me, and ye have blown with trumpets, even ye, round about all the camp, and have said, For Jehovah and for Gideon.’
Surrounding context — Judges 7
15 And it was [so], when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
16 And he divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be [that], as I do, so shall ye do.
18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, [The sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon.
19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that [were] with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that [were] in their hands.
20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow [withal]: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
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וְתָקַעְתִּי֙H8628 · ta.qato blowבַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רH7782 · sho.phartrumpetאָנֹכִ֖יH595 · a.no.khiIוְכָל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichאִתִּ֑יH854 · etwithוּתְקַעְתֶּ֨םH8628 · ta.qato blowבַּשּׁוֹפָר֜וֹתH7782 · sho.phartrumpetגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoאַתֶּ֗םH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)סְבִיבוֹת֙H5439 · sa.vivaroundכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םH559 · a.marto sayלַיהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃ פH1439 · gid.onGideon
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 20:15-17And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle [is] not yours, but God’s.1 Samuel 17:47And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle [is] the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.
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