Judges 7:6
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
Judges 7:6 in other translations
| BSB | And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink. |
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| WEB | The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water. |
| ASV | And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. |
| YLT | And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water. |
| DARBY | And the number of them that lapped, with their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water. |
| BBE | Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water. |
| Webster | And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. |
What does Judges 7:6 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 7:1-8
God provides that the praise of victory may be wholly to himself, by appointing only three hundred men to be employed. Activity and prudence go with dependence upon God for help in our lawful undertakings. When the Lord sees that men would overlook him, and through unbelief, would shrink from perilous services, or that through pride they would vaunt themselves against him, he will set them aside, and do his work by…
Judges 7:6 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Judges 7:5
So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
- Judges 7:6
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
- Judges 7:7
And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
Judges 7:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fué el número de los que lamieron las aguas, llegándola con la mano á la boca, trescientos hombres: y todo el resto del pueblo se dobló sobre sus rodillas para beber las aguas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le nombre de ceux qui lapèrent dans leur main en la portant à leur bouche, fut de 300 hommes; et tout le reste du peuple se courba sur ses genoux pour boire l’eau. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Zahl derer, welche mit ihrer Hand zu ihrem Munde leckten, war dreihundert Mann; und das ganze übrige Volk hatte sich auf seine Knie niedergelassen, um Wasser zu trinken. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fuit itaque numerus eorum qui manu ad os projiciente lambuerunt aquas, trecenti viri: omnis autem reliqua multitudo flexo poplite biberat. |