Judges 8

1 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

Then the men of Ephraim asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn't you call us when you went to attack the Midianite?” They argued furiously with him.

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

“Now what have I achieved in comparison to you?” Gideon replied. “Even Ephraim's left-over grapes are better than Abiezer's whole grape harvest!

3 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

God handed over to you Oreb and Zeeb, the two Midianite commanders. What have I managed to achieve in comparison to you?” When he told them this their animosity towards him died down.

4 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

Then Gideon crossed the Jordan with his three hundred men. Even though they were exhausted they continued the chase.

5 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

When they got to Succoth, Gideon asked the people there, “Please provide some bread to the men with me because they're worn out—I'm pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the Midianite kings.”

6 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

But the Succoth town leaders replied, “Why should we give your army bread when you haven't even captured Zebah and Zalmunna yet?”

7 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

“In that case, once the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I'll return and thrash you with thorns and briers from the desert!” Gideon replied.

8 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

He left and went to Penuel and asked them the same thing, but the people of Penuel answered the same way as the people of Succoth.

9 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

So he told them, “When I return victorious, I'll demolish this tower!”

10 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

Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies of around fifteen thousand men. These were all who remained of the armies of the people of the East—one hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already been killed.

11 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

Gideon took the caravan route to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, catching them offguard.

12 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

Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, but he chased after the two Midianite kings and captured them, defeating the whole of their terrified army.

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

Then Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle through the Heres Pass.

14 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

There he captured a young man from Succoth and questioned him. The man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.

15 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

Gideon went and said to the Sukkoth town leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, the ones you taunted me about when you said, ‘Why should we give your exhausted army bread when you haven't even captured Zebah and Zalmunna yet?’”

16 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

So he took the town elders of Succoth and taught them a lesson using thorns and briers from the desert.

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

He also demolished the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the town.

18 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

Then Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What were they like, the men you killed at Tabor?” “They looked like you,” they answered. “Each of them had the stature of a prince.”

19 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

“Those were my brothers, my mother's sons,” Gideon burst out. “As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I wouldn't kill you!”

20 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

He told Jether, his oldest son, “Go on, kill them!” But the boy refused to draw his sword, because he was young and afraid.

21 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

Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Come on, you do it! Show yourself a man and kill us!” So Gideon went over and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments from the necks of their camels.

22 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

Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “You must become our ruler, you, your son, and your grandson; because you've saved us from the Midianites.”

23 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

“I won't be your ruler, and my son won't either,” Gideon replied. “The Lord will be your ruler.”

24 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.)

Then Gideon said, “I have a request to ask of you: that each of you give me an earring from your plunder.” (Their enemies were Ishmaelites and wore gold earrings.)

25 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

“We'll happily give them to you,” they replied. They spread out a cloak, and each of them threw on it earrings from their plunder.

26 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

The weight of the earrings he'd asked for was 1,700 shekels, not including the ornaments, the pendants, and the purple garments worn by the Midianite kings or the chains that were round their camels' necks.

27 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

From the gold Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in his hometown of Ophrah. All Israel prostituted themselves there by worshiping it as an idol, and it became a trap to Gideon and his family.

28 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

This is how the Midianites was subjugated before the Israelites and did not gain power again. So the land was at peace for forty years during the lifetime of Gideon.

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

Jerub-baal, son of Joash, went home, living his own house.

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

Gideon had seventy sons, all his own, because he had many wives.

31 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

His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also had a son. He named him Abimelech.

32 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

Gideon, son of Joash, died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

33 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

But as soon as Gideon died, the Israelites went back to prostituting themselves, worshiping before the Baals. They made Baal-berith their god.

34 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

They forgot about the Lord their God, who had saved them from all their enemies that surrounded them.

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

They did not show any respect to the family of Jerub-baal (Gideon) for all the good he had done for Israel.