Translations
Modern
“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
Traditional
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
Literal
And they answered, “We will give them gladly.” And they spread out a garment, and each man threw into it the rings from his plunder.
Latin
Qui responderunt: Libentissime dabimus. Expandentesque super terram pallium, projecerunt in eo inaures de præda:
Original
Hebrew
English
“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
Notes
Gideon's time as a judge ends the first era of judges.
Theme notes and profiles
Events
Glossary
Gideon Joash Judges, Book of Midian, Midianite Moon Ophrah (Place)
Topics
Gideon: Makes an Ephod Which Becomes a Snare to the Israelites Israel: Under the Judges: Seven Years of Bondage to the Midianites; Delivered by Gideon