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Judges 8:16
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KJ21
And he took the elders of the city and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
ASV
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
AMP
He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he punished the men of Succoth.
AMPC
And he took the elders of the city and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth [a lesson].
BRG
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
CSB
So he took the elders of the city, and he took some thorns and briers from the wilderness, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.
CSBA
So he took the elders of the city, and he took some thorns and briars from the wilderness, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.
CEB
Then he seized the city’s elders, and he beat the people of Succoth with desert thorns and briars.
CJB
And he took the leaders of the city and desert thorns and thistles, and used them to teach the people of Sukkot a lesson!
CEV
Gideon made a whip from thorn plants and used it to beat the town officials.
DARBY
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
DRA
So he took the ancients of the city and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth.
ERV
Gideon took the elders of the city of Succoth and beat them with thorns and briers from the desert.
EASY
Then Gideon took hold of Succoth's leaders. He beat them with thorn branches to punish them.
EHV
Then Gideon took the elders of the town, and he taught the men of Succoth a lesson with thorns from the wilderness and with briars.
ESV
And he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth a lesson.
ESVUK
And he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth a lesson.
EXB
So Gideon took the elders of the city and ·punished them [taught them a lesson] with thorns and briers from the ·desert [wilderness].
GNV
Then he took the Elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and did tear the men of Succoth with them.
GW
So Gideon took the leaders of the city and taught them a lesson using thorns and thistles from the desert.
GNT
He then took thorns and briers from the desert and used them to punish the leaders of Sukkoth.
HCSB
So he took the elders of the city, and he took some thorns and briers from the wilderness, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.
ICB
So Gideon took the elders of the city. He punished them with thorns and briers from the desert.
ISV
So he took the elders of the city and disciplined the men of Succoth with thorns and briers from the desert.
JUB
And he took the elders of the city and thorns and briars of the wilderness, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
KJV
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
AKJV
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
LSB
Then he took the elders of the city as well as thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth a lesson.
LEB
He took the elders of the city and the thorn bushes and briers of the wilderness, and he trampled the men of Succoth with them.
TLB
Then he took the leaders of the city and scraped them to death with wild thorns and briars.
MSG
Then he took the seventy-seven leaders of Succoth and thrashed them with desert thorns and thistles. And he demolished the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the city.
MEV
He took the city elders and disciplined the men of Sukkoth with thorns and briers of the wilderness.
NOG
So Gideon took the leaders of the city and taught them a lesson using thorns and thistles from the desert.
NABRE
He seized the elders of the city, and with desert thorns and briers he thrashed the people of Succoth.
NASB
Then he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.
NASB1995
He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.
NCB
He picked out the elders of the city, and he taught the men of Succoth a lesson with desert thorns and briars.
NCV
So Gideon took the elders of the city and punished them with thorns and briers from the desert.
NET
He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then “threshed” the men of Sukkoth with them.
NIRV
Gideon went and got the elders of the town. Then he taught the men of Sukkoth a lesson. He tore their skin with thorns from desert bushes.
NIV
He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Sukkoth a lesson by punishing them with desert thorns and briers.
NIVUK
He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Sukkoth a lesson by punishing them with desert thorns and briers.
NKJV
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
NLV
Then he took the leaders of the city and with thorns and thistles from the desert, he punished the men of Succoth.
NLT
Then Gideon took the elders of the town and taught them a lesson, punishing them with thorns and briers from the wilderness.
NRSVA
So he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them he trampled the people of Succoth.
NRSVACE
So he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them he trampled the people of Succoth.
NRSVCE
So he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them he trampled the people of Succoth.
NRSVUE
So he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he trampled the people of Succoth.
OJB
And he took the zekenim of the Ir, kotz of the midbar and briers, and with them he taught the Anashim of Sukkot.
RGT
Then he took the elders of the city and thorns of the wilderness and briers and tore the men of Succoth with them.
RSV
And he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth.
RSVCE
And he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth.
TLV
Then he seized the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he punished the men of Succoth.
VOICE
So he took the leaders of the city, and with the desert thorns and thistles, he flailed the flesh of the men of Succoth.
WEB
He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
WYC
Therefore Gideon took the elder men of the city, and thorns and briars of (the) desert, and he rent with those, and all-brake the men of Succoth; (And so Gideon took hold of the city elders, and some thorns and briars from the desert, and he tore, or cut, them with those, and broke the men of Succoth all to pieces;)
YLT
And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,
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