KJV King James Version
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king.
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Judges 8:18
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
WEB World English Bible
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. Each one resembled the children of a king.”
ASV American Standard Version
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, ‘How—the men whom ye slew in Tabor?’ and they say, ‘As thou—so they, one—as the form of the king’s sons.’
Surrounding context — Judges 8
15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men [that are] weary?
16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king.
19 And he said, They [were] my brethren, [even] the sons of my mother: [as] the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet a youth.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man [is, so is] his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that [were] on their camels’ necks.
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וַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)זֶ֙בַח֙H2078 · ze.vachZebahוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)צַלְמֻנָּ֔עH6759 · tsal.mun.naZalmunnaאֵיפֹה֙H375 · e.phohwhere?הָאֲנָשִׁ֔יםH582 · e.noshhumanאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichהֲרַגְתֶּ֖םH2026 · ha.ragto killבְּתָב֑וֹרH8396 · ta.vor(Mount) Taborוַֽיֹּאמרוּ֙H559 · a.marto sayכָּמ֣וֹךָH3644 · ke.molikeכְמוֹהֶ֔םH3644 · ke.molikeאֶחָ֕דH259 · e.chadoneכְּתֹ֖אַרH8389 · to.arappearanceבְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃H4428 · me.lekhking
Cross-references
Judges 4:6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, [saying], Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?Psalm 89:12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.Psalm 12:2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.Jude 1:16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
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