Judges 8:16
What does Judges 8:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 8:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And 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,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752So 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
Context
v.15And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
v.16This passage
v.17And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
- Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
- Judges 8:7
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.
- Ezra 2:6
The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of JeshuaandJoab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
- Micah 7:4
The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.