Judges 6:27
So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
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ASV
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had spoken unto him: and it came to pass, because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
KJV
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֨ח | vai.yi.Kach | and he took | H3947 → |
| גִּדְע֜וֹן | gid.'on | Gideon | H1439 → |
| עֲשָׂרָ֤ה | 'a.sa.Rah | ten | H6235 → |
| אֲנָשִׁים֙ | 'a.na.Shim | men | H582 → |
| מֵֽעֲבָדָ֔יו | me.'a.va.Dav | from servants his | H5650 → |
| וַיַּ֕עַשׂ | vai.Ya.'as | and he did | H6213 → |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | ka.'a.Sher | just as | H834 → |
| דִּבֶּ֥ר | di.Ber | he had spoken | H1696 → |
| אֵלָ֖יו | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
| יְהוָ֑ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| וַיְהִ֡י | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | ka.'a.Sher | <as> since | H834 → |
| יָרֵא֩ | ya.Re' | he feared | H3372 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בֵּ֨ית | beit | [the] household of | H1004 → |
| אָבִ֜יו | 'a.Viv | father his | H1 → |
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| אַנְשֵׁ֥י | 'an.Shei | [the] men of | H582 → |
| הָעִ֛יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת | me.'a.Sot | from acting | H6213 → |
| יוֹמָ֖ם | yo.Mam | by day | H3119 → |
| וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | vai.Ya.'as | and he acted | H6213 → |
| לָֽיְלָה׃ | La.ye.lah | night | H3915 → |
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