Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.

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WEBBE

He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.

BSB

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.

KJV

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

ASV

And he had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

BBE

He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.

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וַיְהִי־ vay·hi- and it belonged H1961 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033 אַרְבָּעִים 'ar·ba·'im forty H705 בָּנִים ba·nim sons H1121 וּשְׁלֹשִׁים u·she·lo·shim and thirty H7970 בְּנֵי be·nei sons of H1121 בָנִים va·nim sons H1121 רֹכְבִים ro·khe·vim [who] rode H7392 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 שִׁבְעִים shiv·'im seventy H7657 עֲיָרִם 'a·ya·rim donkeys H5895 וַיִּשְׁפֹּט vai·yish·pot and he judged H8199 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 שְׁמֹנֶה she·mo·neh eight H8083 שָׁנִים sha·nim years H8141

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 8–15

We have here a short account of three more of the judges of Israel. The happiest life of individuals, and the happiest state of society, is that which affords the fewest remarkable events. To live in credit and quiet, to be peacefully useful to those around us, to possess a clear conscience; but, above all, and without which nothing can avail, to enjoy communion with God our Saviour while we live, and to die at peace with God and man, form the substance of all that a wise man can desire.

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