KJV King James Version
And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
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Judges 8:11
And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
WEB World English Bible
Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army was secure.
ASV American Standard Version
And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Gideon goeth up the way of those who tabernacle in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smiteth the camp, and the camp was confident;
Surrounding context — Judges 8
8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered [him].
9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna [were] in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand [men], all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun [was up],
14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, [even] threescore and seventeen men.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֣עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseגִּדְע֗וֹןH1439 · gid.onGideonדֶּ֚רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductהַשְּׁכוּנֵ֣יH7931 · sha.khanto dwellבָֽאֳהָלִ֔יםH168 · o.heltentמִקֶּ֥דֶםH6924 · qe.demEastלְנֹ֖בַחH5025 · no.vachNobahוְיָגְבֳּהָ֑הH3011 · yog.be.hahJogbehahוַיַּךְ֙H5221 · na.khahto smiteאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampוְהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampהָ֥יָהH1961 · ha.yahto beבֶֽטַח׃H983 · be.tachsecurity
Cross-references
Numbers 32:42And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.Numbers 32:35And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.Judges 18:27And they took [the things] which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people [that were] at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.1 Samuel 15:32Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.1 Samuel 30:16And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
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