Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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.

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

And Gideon had threescore and ten 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

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Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Gideon's Legacy

29 Jerub-Baal son of Joash lived in his own house. 30 Now Gideon had seventy sons, {his own offspring}, for he had many wives. 31 His concubine who [was] in Shechem also bore for him a son, and {he named him} Abimelech.



Cross References

Judges 9:2

"{Speak to} the lords of Shechem, 'What [is] better for you, that seventy men all from the sons of Jerub-Baal rule over you, or that one man rules over you?' Remember that I [am] your bone and your flesh."

Judges 9:5

And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and he killed his brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerub-Baal survived, because he hid himself.

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

And Noah and his sons and his wife, and the wives of his sons with him, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.

Genesis 46:26

All the persons belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt {who were his descendants}, not including the wives of the sons of Jacob [were] sixty-six persons in all.

Exodus 1:5

And {all those who descended from Jacob} were seventy individuals, and Joseph was in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 17:17

And he must not {acquire many} wives for himself, so that his heart [would] turn aside; and {he must not accumulate silver and gold for himself excessively}.

Judges 10:4

And he had thirty sons who would ride on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns that [are] in the land of Gilead that they called Havvoth Jair until this day.

Judges 12:9

He had thirty sons. He gave his thirty daughters away in marriage outside [his clan] and brought in from outside thirty young women for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons that rode on seventy male donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.

2 Samuel 3:2-5

And sons [were] born to David in Hebron; his firstborn [was] Amnon by Ahinoam {from Jezreel}.

2 Samuel 5:13-16

David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters [were] born to him.

1 Kings 11:3

He had seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart.

2 Kings 10:1

Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria, and Jehu wrote letters, and he sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders and to the guardians of Ahab, saying,

Malachi 2:15

{Did not one God make them?} But a remnant of [the] spirit is his. And what does the one [God] desire? An offspring of God. {You must be attentive to} your spirit, and you must not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

Matthew 19:5-8

and said, 'On account of this a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

Ephesians 5:31-33

"For this [reason] a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

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