Judges 8

1 And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

and to say to(wards) him man Ephraim what? [the] word: thing [the] this to make: do to/for us to/for lest to call: call to to/for us for to go: went to/for to fight in/on/with Midian and to contend [emph?] with him in/on/with force

2 And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?

and to say to(wards) them what? to make: do now like/as you not pleasant gleaning Ephraim from vintage Abiezer

3 God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

in/on/with hand: power your to give: give God [obj] ruler Midian [obj] Oreb and [obj] Zeeb and what? be able to make: do like/as you then to slacken spirit: temper their from upon him in/on/with to speak: speak he [the] word [the] this

4 Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

and to come (in): come Gideon [the] Jordan [to] to pass he/she/it and three hundred [the] man which with him faint and to pursue

5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

and to say to/for human Succoth to give: give please talent food: bread to/for people: soldiers which in/on/with foot my for faint they(masc.) and I to pursue after Zebah and Zalmunna king Midian

6 But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?

and to say ruler Succoth palm Zebah and Zalmunna now in/on/with hand: power your for to give: give to/for army your food: bread

7 Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.

and to say Gideon to/for so in/on/with to give: give LORD [obj] Zebah and [obj] Zalmunna in/on/with hand: power my and to tread [obj] flesh your with thorn [the] wilderness and with [the] briar

8 So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.

and to ascend: rise from there Peniel and to speak: speak to(wards) them like/as this and to answer [obj] him human Peniel like/as as which to answer human Succoth

9 So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down.

and to say also to/for human Peniel to/for to say in/on/with to return: return I in/on/with peace to tear [obj] [the] tower [the] this

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.

and Zebah and Zalmunna in/on/with Karkor and camp their with them like/as five ten thousand all [the] to remain from all camp son: descendant/people East and [the] to fall: kill hundred and twenty thousand man to draw sword

11 And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.

and to ascend: rise Gideon way: road [the] to dwell in/on/with tent from front: east to/for Nobah and Jogbehah and to smite [obj] [the] camp and [the] camp to be security

12 And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.

and to flee Zebah and Zalmunna and to pursue after them and to capture [obj] two king Midian [obj] Zebah and [obj] Zalmunna and all [the] camp to tremble

13 Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:

and to return: return Gideon son: child Joash from [the] battle from to/for ascent [the] Heres

14 And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

and to capture youth from human Succoth and to ask him and to write to(wards) him [obj] ruler Succoth and [obj] old: elder her seventy and seven man

15 So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?

and to come (in): come to(wards) human Succoth and to say behold Zebah and Zalmunna which to taunt [obj] me to/for to say palm Zebah and Zalmunna now in/on/with hand: power your for to give: give to/for human your [the] weary food: bread

16 Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.

and to take: take [obj] old: elder [the] city and [obj] thorn [the] wilderness and [obj] [the] briar and to know in/on/with them [obj] human Succoth

17 And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death.

and [obj] tower Peniel to tear and to kill [obj] human [the] city

18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.

and to say to(wards) Zebah and to(wards) Zalmunna where? [the] human which to kill in/on/with (Mount) Tabor and to say like you like them one like/as appearance son: child [the] king

19 And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.

and to say brother: male-sibling my son: child mother my they(masc.) alive LORD if to live [obj] them not to kill [obj] you

20 Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

and to say to/for Jether firstborn his to arise: rise to kill [obj] them and not to draw [the] youth sword his for to fear for still he youth

21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

and to say Zebah and Zalmunna to arise: rise you(m. s.) and to fall on in/on/with us for like/as man might his and to arise: rise Gideon and to kill [obj] Zebah and [obj] Zalmunna and to take: take [obj] [the] crescent which in/on/with neck camel their

22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.

and to say man Israel to(wards) Gideon to rule in/on/with us also you(m. s.) also son: child your also son: descendant/people son: child your for to save us from hand: power Midian

23 But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you.

and to say to(wards) them Gideon not to rule I in/on/with you and not to rule son: child my in/on/with you LORD to rule in/on/with you

24 Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

and to say to(wards) them Gideon to ask from you petition and to give: give to/for me man: anyone ring spoil his for ring gold to/for them for Ishmaelite they(masc.)

25 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.

and to say to give: give to give: give and to spread [obj] [the] mantle and to throw there [to] man: anyone ring spoil his

26 The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

and to be weight ring [the] gold which to ask thousand and seven hundred gold to/for alone from [the] crescent and [the] pendant and garment [the] purple which/that upon king Midian and to/for alone from [the] necklace which in/on/with neck camel their

27 And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

and to make [obj] him Gideon to/for ephod and to set [obj] him in/on/with city his in/on/with Ophrah and to fornicate all Israel after him there and to be to/for Gideon and to/for house: household his to/for snare

28 So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

and be humble Midian to/for face: before son: descendant/people Israel and not to add: again to/for to lift: raise head their and to quiet [the] land: country/planet forty year in/on/with day Gideon

29 And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.

and to go: went Jerubbaal son: child Joash and to dwell in/on/with house: home his

30 Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

and to/for Gideon to be seventy son: child to come out: produce thigh his for woman: wife many to be to/for him

31 And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

and concubine his which in/on/with Shechem to beget to/for him also he/she/it son: child and to set: make [obj] name his Abimelech

32 And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

and to die Gideon son: child Joash in/on/with greyheaded pleasant and to bury in/on/with grave Joash father his in/on/with Ophrah Abiezrite [the] Abiezrite

33 And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

and to be like/as as which to die Gideon and to return: turn back son: descendant/people Israel and to fornicate after [the] Baal and to set: make to/for them Baal-berith Baal-berith to/for God

34 And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;

and not to remember son: descendant/people Israel [obj] LORD God their [the] to rescue [obj] them from hand: power all enemy their from around: side

35 And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.

and not to make: do kindness with house: household Jerubbaal Gideon like/as all [the] welfare which to make: do with Israel