Judges 7 · Verse 15

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.
Judges 7:15, King James Version

Judges 7:15 in other translations

BSBWhen Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
WEBIt was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshiped. Then he returned into the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for the LORD has delivered the army of Midian into your hand!”
ASVAnd it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, when Gideon heareth the narration of the dream and its interpretation, that he boweth himself, and turneth back unto the camp of Israel, and saith, ‘Rise ye, for Jehovah hath given into your hand the camp of Midian.'
DARBYAnd it came to pass when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshipped. And he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath given into your hand the camp of Midian.
BBEThen Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.
WebsterAnd it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its interpretation, that he worshiped, and returned to the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

What does Judges 7:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation ... he worshipped--The incident originated in the secret overruling providence of God, and Gideon, from his expression of pious gratitude, regarded it as such. On his mind, as well as that of his followers, it produced the intended effect--that of imparting new animation and impulse to their patriotism.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 7:15 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.

וַיְהִי֩vay.Hiand it wasH1961
כִשְׁמֹ֨עַkhish.Mo.a'when heardH8085
גִּדְע֜וֹןgid.'onGideonH1439
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִסְפַּ֧רmis.Par[the] recounting ofH4557
הַחֲל֛וֹםha.cha.Lomthe dreamH2472
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שִׁבְר֖וֹshiv.Rointerpretation itsH7667
וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּvai.yish.Ta.chuand he bowed downH7812
וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙vai.Ya.shovand he returnedH7725
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מַחֲנֵ֣הma.cha.Neh[the] camp ofH4264
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
ק֔וּמוּKu.muariseH6965
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
נָתַ֧ןna.Tanhe has givenH5414
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּיֶדְכֶ֖םbe.yed.Khemin hand yourH3027
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מַחֲנֵ֥הma.cha.Neh[the] camp ofH4264
מִדְיָֽן\׃mid.YanMidianH4080

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Cross references for Judges 7:15

  • 2 Corinthians 10:4-6

    (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

  • Genesis 24:48

    And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.

  • Genesis 40:8

    And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

  • Genesis 24:26-27

    And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord. And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:18-19

    And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord. And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

  • Genesis 41:11

    And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

  • Judges 4:14

    And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

  • Exodus 4:30-31

    And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
interpretation thereof. Heb. breaking thereof.
Ge 40:8; 41:11
worshipped.
Ge 24:26,27,48; Ex 4:30,31; 2Ch 20:18,19
Arise.
4:14; 2Co 10:4-6

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Context

  • 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.

  • Judges 7:16

    And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

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Judges 7:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y como Gedeón oyó la historia del sueño y su interpretación, adoró; y vuelto al campo de Israel, dijo: Levantaos, que Jehová ha entregado el campo de Madián en vuestras manos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arriva que, lorsque Gédéon entendit le récit du songe et son interprétation, il se prosterna. Et il retourna au camp d’Israël, et dit: Levez-vous, car l’ Éternel a livré le camp de Madian en votre main.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah, als Gideon die Erzählung des Traumes und seine Deutung hörte, da betete er an. Und er kehrte in das Lager Israels zurück und sprach: Machet euch auf! Denn Jehova hat das Lager Midians in eure Hand gegeben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cumque audisset Gedeon somnium, et interpretationem ejus, adoravit: et reversus est ad castra Israël, et ait: Surgite, tradidit enim Dominus in manus nostras castra Madian.