KJV King James Version
And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the [other] people go every man unto his place.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 7:7
And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the [other] people go every man unto his place.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said to Gideon, “By the three hundred men who lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his own place.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the people go every man unto his place.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, ‘By the three hundred men who are lapping I save you, and have given Midian into thy hand, and all the people go, each to his place.’
Surrounding context — Judges 7
4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people [are] yet [too] many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, [that] of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
6 And the number of them that lapped, [putting] their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the [other] people go every man unto his place.
8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all [the rest of] Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֜הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)גִּדְע֗וֹןH1439 · gid.onGideonבִּשְׁלֹשׁ֩H7969 · sha.loshthreeמֵא֨וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredהָאִ֤ישׁH376 · ishmanהַֽמֲלַקְקִים֙H3952 · la.qaqto lickאוֹשִׁ֣יעַH3467 · ya.sahto saveאֶתְכֶ֔םH853 · et[Obj.]וְנָתַתִּ֥יH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִדְיָ֖ןH4080 · mid.yanMidianבְּיָדֶ֑ךָH3027 · yadhandוְכָל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֔םH5971 · ampeopleיֵלְכ֖וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanלִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃H4725 · ma.qomplace
Cross-references
1 Samuel 14:6And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for [there is] no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.Isaiah 41:14-16Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.Judges 7:18-22When 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.
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