Judges 8:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Judges 8:9

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Berean Standard Bible

So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”

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KJV

King James Version

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

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WEB

World English Bible

He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

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Judges 8

⁷ “Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”

⁸ From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

⁹ So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”

¹⁰ Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.

¹¹ And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.

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