Judges 8:7 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 8:7

“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

KJV

And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I will tear your flesh - What this punishment consisted in I cannot say; it must mean a severe punishment: as if he had said, I will thresh your flesh with briers and thorns, as corn is threshed out with threshing instruments; or, Ye shall be trodden down under the feet of my victorious army, as the corn is trodden out with the feet of the ox. Succoth was beyond Jordan, in the tribe of Gad. Penuel was also in the same tribe, and not far distant from Succoth.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
גִּדְע֔וֹן	gid.'on	Gideon	H1439 →
לָכֵ֗ן	la.Khen	<to> therefore	H3651 →
בְּתֵ֧ת	be.Tet	when gives	H5414 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
זֶ֥בַח	Ze.vach	Zebah	H2078 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
צַלְמֻנָּ֖ע	tzal.mu.Na'	Zalmunna	H6759 →
בְּיָדִ֑י	be.ya.Di	in hand my	H3027 →
וְדַשְׁתִּי֙	ve.dash.Ti	and I will thresh	H1758 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּשַׂרְכֶ֔ם	be.sar.Khem	flesh your	H1320 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
קוֹצֵ֥י	ko.Tzei	<the> thorns of	H6975 →
הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר	ha.mid.Bar	the wilderness	H4057 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and with	H854 →
הַֽבַּרְקֳנִֽים׃	Ha.bar.ko.Nim	<the> briers	H1303 →

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