Judges 12:14
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Judges 12:14 in other translations
| BSB | He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years. |
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| WEB | He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years. |
| ASV | And he had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. |
| YLT | and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years. |
| DARBY | And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years. |
| BBE | He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years. |
| Webster | And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on seventy ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. |
What does Judges 12:14 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 12:8-15
We have here a short account of three more of the judges of Israel. The happiest life of individuals, and the happiest state of society, is that which affords the fewest remarkable events. To live in credit and quiet, to be peacefully useful to those around us, to possess a clear conscience; but, above all, and without which nothing can avail, to enjoy communion with God our Saviour while we live, and to die at…
Judges 12:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 12:14
- Judges 5:10
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
- Judges 10:4
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth–jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
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Context
- Judges 12:13
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
- Judges 12:14
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
- Judges 12:15
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
Judges 12:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Este tuvo cuarenta hijos y treinta nietos, que cabalgaban sobre setenta asnos: y juzgó á Israel ocho años. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il eut 40 fils et 30 petits-fils, qui montaient sur 70 ânons. Et il jugea Israël huit ans. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er hatte vierzig Söhne und dreißig Enkel, die auf siebzig Eseln ritten. Und er richtete Israel acht Jahre. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui habuit quadraginta filios, et triginta ex eis nepotes, ascendentes super septuaginta pullos asinarum. Et judicavit Israël octo annis: |