Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They answered, “We’ll be glad to give them.” So they spread out a garment, and each of them threw a ring from his plunder onto it. New Living Translation “Gladly!” they replied. They spread out a cloak, and each one threw in a gold earring he had gathered from the plunder. English Standard Version And they answered, “We will willingly give them.” And they spread a cloak, and every man threw in it the earrings of his spoil. Berean Standard Bible “We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it. King James Bible And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. New King James Version So they answered, “We will gladly give them.” And they spread out a garment, and each man threw into it the earrings from his plunder. New American Standard Bible And they said, “We will certainly give them to you.” So they spread out a garment, and every one of them tossed an earring there from his plunder. NASB 1995 They said, “We will surely give them.” So they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring there from his spoil. NASB 1977 And they said, “We will surely give them.” So they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring there from his spoil. Legacy Standard Bible And they said, “We will surely give them.” So they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring there from his spoil. Amplified Bible They answered, “We will certainly give them to you.” And they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring there from his spoil. Christian Standard Bible They said, “We agree to give them.” So they spread out a cloak, and everyone threw an earring from his plunder on it. Holman Christian Standard Bible They said, “We agree to give them.” So they spread out a mantle, and everyone threw an earring from his plunder on it. American Standard Version And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They were saying to him, “We give it to you!”; and he spread a cloak and they cast there each man an earring from his plundered property Brenton Septuagint Translation And they said, We will certainly give them: and he opened his garment, and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils. Contemporary English Version The Israelite soldiers replied, "Of course we will give you the earrings." Then they spread out a robe on the ground and tossed the earrings on it. Douay-Rheims Bible They answered: We will give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils. English Revised Version And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his spoil. GOD'S WORD® Translation The men of Israel answered, "Yes, we'll give them to you." So they spread out a coat. Each man took the earrings from his loot and dropped them on it. Good News Translation The people answered, "We'll be glad to give them to you." They spread out a cloth, and everyone put on it the earrings that he had taken. International Standard Version They responded, "We'll be happy to give them." So they laid out a garment, and each of them contributed a ring from his war booty. JPS Tanakh 1917 And they answered: 'We will willingly give them.' And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil. Literal Standard Version And they say, “We certainly give”; and they spread out the garment, and each casts the ring of his prey there; Majority Standard Bible “We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it. New American Bible “We will certainly give them,” they replied, and they spread out a cloak into which everyone threw a ring from his spoils. NET Bible They said, "We are happy to give you earrings." So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it. New Revised Standard Version “We will willingly give them,” they answered. So they spread a garment, and each threw into it an earring he had taken as booty. New Heart English Bible They answered, "We will willingly give them." They spread a garment, and every one of them threw an earring from his plunder. Webster's Bible Translation And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and cast into it every man the ear-rings of his prey. World English Bible They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it. Young's Literal Translation And they say, 'We certainly give;' and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Gideon's Ephod…24Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.) 25“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it. 26The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.… Cross References Genesis 35:4 So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem. Judges 8:24 Then he added, "Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder." (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.) Judges 8:26 The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels. Treasury of Scripture And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. Jump to Previous Cast Dropping Earring Earrings Ear-Rings Plunder Prey Ring Robe Spoil Spread Surely Therein Thither Threw We'll WillinglyJump to Next Cast Dropping Earring Earrings Ear-Rings Plunder Prey Ring Robe Spoil Spread Surely Therein Thither Threw We'll WillinglyJudges 8 1. Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites4. Succoth and Penuel refuse to deliver Gideon's army 10. Zebah and Zalmunna are taken 13. Succoth and Penuel are destroyed 17. Gideon revenges his brothers's death on Zebah and Zalmunna 22. He refuses government 24. His ephod the cause of idolatry 28. Midian subdued 29. Gideon's children, and death 33. The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude (25) We will willingly give.--Literally, giving, we will give. They spread.--Perhaps the true reading should be "he spread," as in the LXX. (aneptuxe). A garment.--Perhaps his own upper garment (Simlah), or "a large general's cloke" (Ewald, Gesch. ii. 506). Verse 25. - A garment. Rather, the cloak. Probably Gideon's military cloak (see Isaiah 9:5), which lay in his tent ready for use as a cloak by day or a coverlet by night (Deuteronomy 22:17).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “We will give [them]נִתֵּ֑ן (nit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set gladly,” נָת֣וֹן (nā·ṯō·wn) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 5414: To give, put, set they replied. וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say So they spread out וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֙ (way·yip̄·rə·śū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6566: To break apart, disperse a garment, הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה (haś·śim·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8071: A dress, a mantle and each man אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person threw וַיַּשְׁלִ֣יכוּ (way·yaš·lî·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away an earring נֶ֥זֶם (ne·zem) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5141: A ring (worn as an ornament) from his plunder שְׁלָלֽוֹ׃ (šə·lā·lōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7998: A prey, spoil, plunder, booty onto it. שָׁ֔מָּה (šām·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's 8033: There, then, thither Links Judges 8:25 NIVJudges 8:25 NLT Judges 8:25 ESV Judges 8:25 NASB Judges 8:25 KJV Judges 8:25 BibleApps.com Judges 8:25 Biblia Paralela Judges 8:25 Chinese Bible Judges 8:25 French Bible Judges 8:25 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 8:25 They answered We will willingly give them (Jd Judg. 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