Judges 8:25
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
Judges 8:25 in other translations
| BSB | “We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it. |
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| WEB | They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it. |
| ASV | And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil. |
| YLT | And they say, ‘We certainly give;' and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey; |
| DARBY | And they said, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man the earrings of his booty. |
| BBE | And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken. |
| Webster | And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and cast into it every man the ear-rings of his prey. |
What does Judges 8:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 8:24-26
24-26. Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you--This was the contribution of an earring (singular). As the ancient Arabians (Ishmaelites and Midianites being synonymous terms, Ge 37:25, 28) were gorgeously adorned with barbaric pearl and gold, an immense amount of such valuable booty had fallen into the hands of the Israelitish soldiers. The contribution was liberally made, and the quantity of gold…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 8:22-28
Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God. Gideon thought to keep up the remembrance of this victory by an ephod, made of the choicest of the spoils. But probably this ephod had, as usual, a teraphim annexed to it, and Gideon intended this for an oracle to be consulted. Many are led into false ways by one false step of…
Judges 8:25 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Judges 8:24
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
- Judges 8:25
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
- Judges 8:26
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
Judges 8:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y ellos respondieron: De buena gana los daremos. Y tendiendo una ropa de vestir, echó allí cada uno los zarcillos de su despojo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils dirent: Nous les donnerons volontiers. Et ils étendirent un manteau, et y jetèrent chacun les anneaux de son butin. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie sprachen: Gern wollen wir sie geben. Und sie breiteten ein Oberkleid aus und warfen darauf ein jeder die Ohrringe seiner Beute. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui responderunt: Libentissime dabimus. Expandentesque super terram pallium, projecerunt in eo inaures de præda: |