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Judges 7:6
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KJ21
And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
ASV
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
AMP
Now the number of those who lapped [the water], putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men, but all the rest of the people kneeled down to drink water.
AMPC
And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
BRG
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
CSB
The number of those who lapped with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men, and all the rest of the troops knelt to drink water.
CSBA
The number of those who lapped with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men, and all the rest of the troops knelt to drink water.
CEB
The number of men who lapped was three hundred, and all the rest of the people bent down on their knees to drink water, with their hands to their mouths.
CJB
Three hundred lapped, putting their hand to their mouth; all the rest of the men got down on their knees to drink water.
CEV
Three hundred men scooped up water in their hands and lapped it, and the rest knelt to get a drink.
DARBY
And the number of them that lapped, with their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
DRA
And the number of them that had lapped water, casting it with the hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: and all the rest of the multitude had drunk kneeling.
ERV
There were 300 men who used their hands to bring water to their mouth and lapped it like a dog does. All the other people bent down and drank the water.
EASY
300 men used their tongues to drink the water. The other men all went down on their knees to drink.
EHV
The number of those who lapped—those who put their hands to their mouths—was three hundred men, while all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
ESV
And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
ESVUK
And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
EXB
There were three hundred men who used their hands to bring water to their mouths, ·lapping it as a dog does [L lapping]. All the rest ·got down on their knees [kneeled] to drink.
GNV
And the number of them that lapped by putting their hands to their mouths, were three hundred men: but all the remnant of the people kneeled down upon their knees to drink water.
GW
Three hundred men lapped water with their hands to their mouths. All the rest of the men knelt down to drink water.
GNT
There were three hundred men who scooped up water in their hands and lapped it; all the others got down on their knees to drink.
HCSB
The number of those who lapped with their hands to their mouths was 300 men, and all the rest of the people knelt to drink water.
ICB
There were 300 men who used their hands to bring water to their mouths. They lapped it as a dog does. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
ISV
The contingent of soldiers who lapped water with their hands to their mouths numbered 300 men, but everyone else kneeled to drink water.
JUB
And the number of those that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink the water.
KJV
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
AKJV
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
LSB
Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water.
LEB
The number of those lapping up the water with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; all the rest of the troops kneeled to drink the water.
TLB
So Gideon assembled them at the water. There the Lord told him, “Divide them into two groups decided by the way they drink. In Group 1 will be all the men who cup the water in their hands to get it to their mouths and lap it like dogs. In Group 2 will be those who kneel, with their mouths in the stream.” Only three hundred of the men drank from their hands; all the others drank with their mouths to the stream.
MSG
God said to Gideon: “There are still too many. Take them down to the stream and I’ll make a final cut. When I say, ‘This one goes with you,’ he’ll go. When I say, ‘This one doesn’t go,’ he won’t go.” So Gideon took the troops down to the stream. God said to Gideon: “Everyone who laps with his tongue, the way a dog laps, set on one side. And everyone who kneels to drink, drinking with his face to the water, set to the other side.” Three hundred lapped with their tongues from their cupped hands. All the rest knelt to drink.
MEV
The number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred. The rest of the people had knelt to drink water.
NOG
Three hundred men lapped water with their hands to their mouths. All the rest of the men knelt down to drink water.
NABRE
Those who lapped up the water with their tongues numbered three hundred, but all the rest of the soldiers knelt down to drink the water.
NASB
Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people kneeled down to drink water.
NASB1995
Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water.
NCB
There were three hundred men who lapped up water by holding their hands to their face. The rest of the men knelt down to drink their water.
NCV
There were three hundred men who used their hands to bring water to their mouths, lapping it as a dog does. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
NET
Only 300 men lapped with their hands to their mouths; the rest of the men kneeled to drink water.
NIRV
Three hundred men brought up the water to their mouths with their hands. And they lapped it up the way dogs do. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
NIV
Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
NIVUK
Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
NKJV
And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water.
NLV
There were 300 men who drank from their hand, putting their hand to their mouth. But all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water.
NLT
Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream.
NRSVA
The number of those that lapped was three hundred; but all the rest of the troops knelt down to drink water.
NRSVACE
The number of those that lapped was three hundred; but all the rest of the troops knelt down to drink water.
NRSVCE
The number of those that lapped was three hundred; but all the rest of the troops knelt down to drink water.
NRSVUE
The number of those who lapped was three hundred, but all the rest of the troops knelt down to drink water.
OJB
And the number of the ones lapping, putting their yad to their mouth, were three hundred ish; but all the rest of haAm kneeled down upon their knees to drink mayim.
RGT
And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred men. But all the remaining people kneeled down upon their knees to drink water.
RSV
And the number of those that lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
RSVCE
And the number of those that lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
TLV
Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
VOICE
Three hundred of the men lapped up water by raising a hand to their mouths, and all the rest went down on their knees to drink.
WEB
The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
WYC
And so the number of them, that lapped (up the) waters, by the hand casting (it) to the mouth, was three hundred men; and all the tother multitude drank kneeling.
YLT
And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.
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