Judges 7 · Verse 8

Judges 7:8

So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
Judges 7:8, King James Version

Judges 7:8 in other translations

BSBSo Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
WEBSo the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of the men of Israel to their own tents, but retained the three hundred men; and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
ASVSo the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man unto his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
YLTAnd the people take the provision in their hand, and their trumpets, and every man of Israel he hath sent away, each to his tents; and on the three hundred men he hath kept hold, and the camp of Midian hath been by him at the lower part of the valley.
DARBYAnd they took the victuals of the people in their hand, and their trumpets; and all the men of Israel he sent away, every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
BBESo they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.
WebsterSo the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent of all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men. And the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

What does Judges 7:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley--Attention to the relative position of the parties is of the greatest importance to an understanding of what follows.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 So the people took victuals - The three hundred men that he reserved took the victuals necessary for the day's expenditure, while the others were dismissed to their tents and their houses as they thought proper.

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…

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Judges 7:8 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקְח֣וּvai.yik.Chuand they tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
צֵדָה֩tze.Dahprovision[s]H6720
הָעָ֨םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
בְּיָדָ֜םbe.ya.Damin hand theirH3027
וְאֵ֣תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שׁוֹפְרֹֽתֵיהֶ֗םshof.ro.tei.Hemtrumpets theirH7782
וְאֵ֨תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
אִ֤ישׁ'ish<the> man ofH376
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
שִׁלַּח֙shi.Lachhe sent awayH7971
אִ֣ישׁ'isheachH376
לְאֹֽהָלָ֔יוle.'o.ha.Lavto tents hisH168
וּבִשְׁלֹשׁ\־u.vish.losh-and on threeH7969
מֵא֥וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
הָאִ֖ישׁha.'Ishthe manH376
הֶֽחֱזִ֑יקhe.che.Zikhe kept holdH2388
וּמַחֲנֵ֣הu.ma.cha.Nehand [the] camp ofH4264
מִדְיָ֔ןmid.YanMidianH4080
הָ֥יָהHa.yahit wasH1961
ל֖וֹloto <the> him
מִתַּ֥חַתmi.Ta.chatfrom underH8478
בָּעֵֽמֶק\׃\ \פba.'E.mekin the valleyH6010

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 7:8

  • Isaiah 27:13

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

  • Judges 3:27

    And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

  • Joshua 6:4

    And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

  • Leviticus 23:24

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:52

    In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

  • Leviticus 25:9

    Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

  • Numbers 10:9

    And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

  • Joshua 6:20

    So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

  • Judges 6:33

    Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
trumpets.
3:27; Le 23:24; 25:9; Nu 10:9; Jos 6:4,20; Isa 27:13; 1Co 15:52
in the valley.
6:33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 7:8

    So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

  • Judges 7:9

    And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.

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Judges 7:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tomada provisión para el pueblo en sus manos, y sus bocinas, envió á todos los Israelitas cada uno á su tienda, y retuvo á aquellos trescientos hombres: y tenía el campo de Madián abajo en el valle.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les 300 hommes prirent en leurs mains les vivres du peuple et ses trompettes. Et Gédéon renvoya tous les hommes d’Israël, chacun à sa tente, et retint les 300 hommes. Or le camp de Madian était au-dessous de lui, dans la vallée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie nahmen die Zehrung des Volkes mit sich und seine Posaunen. Und er entließ alle Männer von Israel, einen jeden nach seinen Zelten; aber die dreihundert Mann behielt er. Das Lager Midians war aber unter ihm im Tale.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sumptis itaque pro numero cibariis et tubis, omnem reliquam multitudinem abire præcepit ad tabernacula sua: et ipse cum trecentis viris se certamini dedit. Castra autem Madian erant subter in valle.