Devine Scripture

Judges 8:5

Judges chapter 8 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

Context

v.4And Gideon came to the Jordan, andpassed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.

v.5This passage

v.6And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 23:4

    because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

  • Psalms 60:6

    God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

  • 1 Samuel 25:18

    Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

  • 3 John 1:6

    who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

  • Genesis 33:17

    And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

  • Genesis 14:18

    And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.