Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And to Gideon were seventy sons going out of his thigh: for many women were to him.

New American Standard Bible

Now Gideon had seventy sons who were his direct descendants, for he had many wives.

King James Version

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

Holman Bible

Gideon had 70 sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.

International Standard Version

Gideon raised 70 sons as his direct descendants, since he had many wives.

A Conservative Version

And Gideon had seventy sons begotten from his body, for he had many wives.

American Standard Version

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

Amplified

Now Gideon had seventy sons born to him, because he had many wives.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.

King James 2000

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons, his own offspring: for he had many wives.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now Gideon had seventy sons, {his own offspring}, for he had many wives.

Modern King James verseion

And Gideon had seventy sons, begotten of his body. For he had many wives.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten, for he had many wives.

NET Bible

Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.

New Heart English Bible

Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.

The Emphasized Bible

And, Gideon, had seventy sons, sprung from his own loins, - for, many wives, had he.

Webster

And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

World English Bible

Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.

Youngs Literal Translation

and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Gideon
גּדעון 
Gid`own 
Usage: 39

שׁבעים 
Shib`iym 
Usage: 91

of his body
ירך 
Yarek 
Usage: 34

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

for he had many
רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

References

American

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Gideon's Legacy

29 And Jerubbaal, son of Joash, will go and dwell in his house. 30 And to Gideon were seventy sons going out of his thigh: for many women were to him. 31 And his concubine which is in Shechem, she will bear to him a son, and she will set his name Abimelech.



Cross References

Judges 9:2

Speak, now, in the ears of all the lords of Shechem, What good to you for seventy men of all the sons of Jerubbaal to rule over you, or one man to rule over you? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

Judges 9:5

And he will come to his father's house at Ophrah, and will kill his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men upon one stone: and Jotham the young son of Jerubbaal will be left, for he was hid.

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and will cleave to his woman; and they shall be into one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

And Noah shall come in, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him to the ark from the face of the water of the flood.

Genesis 46:26

All the souls going with Jacob to Egypt, coming forth from his thigh, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls, sixty and six.

Exodus 1:5

And these will be all the souls that came out of the thigh of Jacob, seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt

Deuteronomy 17:17

And he shall not multiply to him wives, and his heart shall not turn away: and silver and gold he shall not greatly multiply to himself.

Judges 10:4

And to him will be thirty sons riding upon thirty young asses, and thirty cities to them; and they will call them the villages of Jair even to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

Judges 12:9

And there will be to him thirty sons and thirty daughters he sent without, and thirty daughters he brought in to his sons from without: and he will judge Israel seven years.

Judges 12:14

And there will be to him forty sons and thirty sons' sons riding upon seventy young asses: and he will judge Israel eight years.

2 Samuel 3:2-5

And sons will be born to David in Hebron: and his firstborn will be Amnon to Ahinoam the Jezreelitess.

2 Samuel 5:13-16

And David will take yet concubines and wives from Jerusalem after his coming from Hebron, and there will be yet born to David sons and daughters.

1 Kings 11:3

And there will be to him seven hundred chief wives, and three hundred concubines: and his wives will turn his heart

2 Kings 10:1

And to Ahab seventy sons in Shomeron. And Jehu will write letters and send to Shomeron to the chiefs of Jezreel, the old men, and to Ahab's nourishers, saying,

Malachi 2:15

And did he not make one? And the remainder of the spirit to him. And why one? Seeking a seed of God. And ye matched in your spirit, and he shall not deal faithlessly against the wife of thy youth.

Matthew 19:5-8

And said, For this shall a man leave father and mother, and be joined to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?

Ephesians 5:31-33

For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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