Judges 8:16
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New International Version (©1984)
He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Succoth a lesson by punishing them with desert thorns and briers.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then Gideon took the elders of the town and taught them a lesson, punishing them with thorns and briers from the wilderness.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth a lesson.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So Gideon took the leaders of the city and taught them a lesson using thorns and thistles from the desert.

King James Bible
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

American King James Version
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

American Standard Version
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

Bible in Basic English
Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So he took the ancients of the city and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth.

Darby Bible Translation
And he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth.

English Revised Version
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

World English Bible
He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

Young's Literal Translation
And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,

Geneva Study Bible

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

King James Translators' Notes

taught: Heb. made to know

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

16. he took . the thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth-By refusing his soldiers refreshment, they had committed a public crime, as well as an act of inhumanity, and were subjected to a horrible punishment, which the great abundance and remarkable size of the thorn bushes, together with the thinness of clothing in the East, has probably suggested.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:13-17 The active servants of the Lord meet with more dangerous opposition from false professors than from open enemies; but they must not care for the behaviour of those who are Israelites in name, but Midianites in heart. They must pursue the enemies of their souls, and of the cause of God, though they are ready to faint through inward conflicts and outward hardships. And they shall be enabled to persevere. The less men help, and the more they seek to hinder, the more will the Lord assist. Gideon's warning being slighted, the punishment was just. Many are taught with the briers and thorns of affliction, who would not learn otherwise.


Judges 8:15 He came to the men of Succoth and said, "Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?'"
Judges 8:17 He tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city. (NASB ©1995)

Bed Briers City Crushed Desert Disciplined Elders Instruments Lesson Punishing Responsible Sharp Stems Succoth Taught Teacheth Thorns Threshing Wilderness


And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

the elders Jud 8:7 Pr 10:13 19:29 Ezr 2:6

thorns Mic 7:4

taught. Heb. made to know. Instead of wyyoda, Houbigant, Le Clerc, and others read wyyadosh, and he tore or threshed; and this is not only agreeable to what Gideon threatened, but is supported by the LXX. Vulgate, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic. The Hebrew text might easily have been corrupted simply by the change of shin, into ayin, letters very similar to each other.

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