Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put trumpets and empty jars in everyone's hand, with torches inside the jars.
New American Standard Bible
He divided the 300 men into three
King James Version
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Holman Bible
Then he divided the 300 men into three companies and gave each of the men a trumpet in one hand and an empty pitcher with a torch inside it in the other.
International Standard Version
There he announced, "Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite army into your control!" Then he separated the 300 men into three companies, gave them each trumpets to carry, along with jars into which he placed lit torches.
A Conservative Version
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put trumpets into the hands of all of them, and empty pitchers, with torches inside the pitchers.
American Standard Version
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
Amplified
He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.
Bible in Basic English
Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch.
Darby Translation
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will divide the three hundred men into three beginnings, and he will give trumpets into the hand of them all, and empty buckets, and torches in the midst of the buckets.
King James 2000
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Modern King James verseion
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies. And he put a ram's horn in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and gave every man a trumpet in his hand, with an empty pitcher and lamps therein,
NET Bible
He divided the three hundred men into three units. He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.
New Heart English Bible
He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
The Emphasized Bible
And he divided the three hundred men, into three companies, - and put horns into the hands of them all, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers.
Webster
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
World English Bible
He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he divideth the three hundred men into three detachments, and putteth trumpets into the hand of all of them, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Move, in attack, in three divisions
Armies » March in ranks » Night attacks
the Armies of israel » Divided into » Three divisions
Bible stories for children » The man who won a battle with pitchers and lights
gideon » Called the mighty man of valour, characteristics of, » Strategy
Jerubbaal » Called the mighty man of valour, characteristics of, » Strategy
Lamps » Probable origin of dark lantern
Midianites » Miraculously defeated and destroyed by gideon
Miracles » Catalogue of » The midianites destroyed
Miracles wrought through servants of God » gideon » Midianites destroyed
Pitcher » Used by gideon in his battle with the midianites
Trumpet » Miracles connected with » Confusion produced in the camp of the midianites by sound of
Topics
Interlinear
Shalowsh
me'ah
Shalowsh
Ro'sh
Nathan
Yad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 7:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Gideon Attacks The Midianites
15 When Gideon heard the recounting of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down and returned to the camp of Israel; and he said, "Get up, for Yahweh has given the camp of Midian into your hand." 16 He divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put trumpets and empty jars in everyone's hand, with torches inside the jars. 17 And he said to them, "Watch me and do the same. When I come to the edge of the camp, {do just as I do}.
Names
Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthenware jars, in order that the extraordinary degree of the power may be from God and not from us.