KJV King James Version
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
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Judges 8:9
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
WEB World English Bible
He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he speaketh also to the men of Penuel, saying, ‘In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.’
Surrounding context — Judges 8
6 And the princes of Succoth said, [Are] the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
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.
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וַיֹּ֛אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoלְאַנְשֵׁ֥יH582 · e.noshhumanפְנוּאֵ֖לH6439 · pe.nu.elPenielלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayבְּשׁוּבִ֣יH7725 · shuvto return: returnבְשָׁל֔וֹםH7965 · sha.lompeaceאֶתֹּ֖ץH5422 · na.tatsto tearאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמִּגְדָּ֥לH4026 · mig.dal(Hananel) Towerהַזֶּֽה׃ פH2088 · zehthis
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