And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
And Jehovah said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
WEB
“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
YLT
And Jehovah saith unto him, `Because I am with thee--thou hast smitten the Midianites as one man.'
DBT
And Jehovah said to him, I will certainly be with thee; and thou shalt smite Midian as one man.
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