And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil.
“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
And they say, `We certainly give;' and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey;
And they said, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man the earrings of his booty.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy