Judges 7 · Verse 14

Judges 7:14

And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
Judges 7:14, King James Version

Judges 7:14 in other translations

BSBHis friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
WEBHis fellow answered, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian into his hand, with all the army.”
ASVAnd his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.
YLTAnd his companion answereth and saith, ‘This is nothing save the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel; God hath given into his hand Midian and all the camp.'
DARBYAnd his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, the man of Israel:God hath given into his hand Midian and all the host.
BBEAnd his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.
WebsterAnd his fellow answered, and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

What does Judges 7:14 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Into his hand hath God delivered Midian - This is a full proof that God had inspired both the dream and its interpretation.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 7:9-15

The dream seemed to have little meaning in it; but the interpretation evidently proved the whole to be from the Lord, and discovered that the name of Gideon had filled the Midianites with terror. Gideon took this as a sure pledge of success; without delay he worshipped and praised God, and returned with confidence to his three hundred men. Wherever we are, we may speak to God, and worship him. God must have the…

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Judges 7:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֨עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030
רֵעֵ֤הוּre.'E.huneighbor hisH7453
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֵ֣ין'einnotH369
זֹ֔אתZotthisH2063
בִּלְתִּ֗יbil.Ti[is] exceptH1115
אִם\־'im-<if>H518
חֶ֛רֶבChe.rev[the] sword ofH2719
גִּדְע֥וֹןgid.'onGideonH1439
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יוֹאָ֖שׁyo.'AshJoashH3101
אִ֣ישׁ'isha man ofH376
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
נָתַ֤ןna.Tanhe has givenH5414
הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
בְּיָד֔וֹbe.ya.Doin hand hisH3027
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִדְיָ֖ןmid.YanMidianH4080
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה\׃\ \פHa.ma.cha.Nehthe armyH4264

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Cross references for Judges 7:14

  • Joshua 2:9

    And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

  • 2 Kings 7:6-7

    For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

  • Numbers 23:5

    And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

  • Job 1:10

    Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

  • Numbers 23:20

    Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

  • Exodus 15:14-15

    The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

  • Joshua 5:1

    And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

  • Numbers 22:38

    And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

  • Numbers 24:10-13

    And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour. And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?

  • Joshua 2:24

    And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

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his fellow.
Nu 22:38; 23:5,20; 24:10-13; Job 1:10
into his hand.
Ex 15:14,15; Jos 2:9,24; 5:1; 2Ki 7:6,7

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Context

  • Judges 7:13

    And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

  • Judges 7:14

    And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

  • Judges 7:15

    And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

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Judges 7:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y su compañero respondió, y dijo: Esto no es otra cosa sino la espada de Gedeón hijo de Joas, varón de Israel: Dios ha entregado en sus manos á los Madianitas con todo el campo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et son compagnon répondit et dit: Ce n’est pas autre chose que l’épée de Gédéon, fils de Joas, homme d’Israël: Dieu a livré Madian et tout le camp en sa main.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sein Genosse antwortete und sprach: Das ist nichts anderes als das Schwert Gideons, des Sohnes Joas, eines Mannes von Israel; Gott hat Midian und das ganze Lager in seine Hand gegeben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Respondit is, cui loquebatur: Non est hoc aliud, nisi gladius Gedeonis filii Joas viri Israëlitæ: tradidit enim Dominus in manus ejus Madian, et omnia castra ejus.