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New American Standard Bible
Gideon made it into
King James Version
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
Holman Bible
Gideon made an ephod
International Standard Version
Gideon crafted the booty into an ephod and enshrined it in his home town of Ophrah. Then all of Israel committed spiritual adultery with it there, and it became a snare for Gideon and his household.
A Conservative Version
And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah. And all Israel played the harlot after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
American Standard Version
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the harlot after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
Amplified
Gideon made [all the golden earrings into] an ephod [a sacred, high priest’s garment], and put it in his city of Ophrah, and all Israel
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah; and all Israel played the harlot after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.
Julia Smith Translation
And Gideon will make it into an ephod, and he will put in his city, Ophrah: and all Israel will commit fornication after it there: and it will be to Gideon and to his house for a snare.
King James 2000
And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went there and played the harlot with it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Gideon made an ephod [out of] it, and he put it in his town in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted [themselves] to it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.
Modern King James verseion
And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went there lusting after it, which thing became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city Ophrah. And all Israel went a whoring after him there, which thing was the ruin of Gideon's house.
NET Bible
Gideon used all this to make an ephod, which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family.
New Heart English Bible
Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel prostituted themselves after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
The Emphasized Bible
And Gideon made thereof an Ephod, and set it up in his own city, in Ophrah, and all Israel went unchastely astray after it there, - so it became, to Gideon and to his house, a snare.
Webster
And Gideon made of it an ephod, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither astray after it: which thing became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
World English Bible
Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.
Themes
Adultery » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
the Ephod » Used by idolatrous priests
gideon » Called the mighty man of valour, characteristics of, » Weakened by prosperity
gideon » Makes an ephod which becomes a snare to the israelites
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Adultery of
Israel » Under the judges » Bondage » 7 years » Delivered » gideon
Jerubbaal » Called the mighty man of valour, characteristics of, » Weakened by prosperity
Offence » Exemplified » gideon
Ophrah » A city » Tribe of manasseh » Home of » gideon
Sins » National » The jews, characterized as an adulteress
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
Temptation » Instances of » Gideon leads the people of israel into sin
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 8:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Gideon Pursues Zebah And Zalmunna
26
The weight of the gold earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the neck bands that were on their camels’ necks.
27 Gideon made it into
Cross References
Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a
Judges 18:14
Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their kinsmen, “Do you know that there are in these houses
Deuteronomy 7:16
You shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will deliver to you;
Judges 18:17
Now the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there, and took
Psalm 106:39
And
Exodus 23:33
Judges 6:24
Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and named it
Exodus 28:6-35
“They shall also make
Deuteronomy 12:5
Judges 6:11
Then
Judges 8:32-33
And Gideon the son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
1 Samuel 23:9-10
Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to
Psalm 73:27
You have
Isaiah 8:20
To the
Hosea 2:2
For she is
And let her put away her
And her adultery from between her breasts,
Hosea 4:12-14
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
And they have played the harlot, departing