Judges 7:14

His fellow answered, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian into his hand, with all the army.”

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WEBBE

His fellow answered, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian into his hand, with all the army.”

BSB

His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”

KJV

And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

ASV

And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.

BBE

And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.

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וַיַּעַן vai·ya·'an and he answered H6030 רֵעֵהוּ re·'e·hu neighbor his H7453 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֵין 'ein not H369 זֹאת zot this H2063 בִּלְתִּי bil·ti [is] except H1115 אִם־ 'im- (if) H518 חֶרֶב che·rev [the] sword of H2719 גִּדְעוֹן gid·'on Gideon H1439 בֶּן־ ben- [the] son of H1121 יוֹאָשׁ yo·'ash Joash H3101 אִישׁ 'ish a man of H376 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 נָתַן na·tan he has given H5414 הָאֱלֹהִים ha·'e·lo·him (the) God H430 בְּיָדוֹ be·ya·do in hand his H3027 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 מִדְיָן mid·yan Midian H4080 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 הַמַּחֲנֶה פ ha·ma·cha·neh the army H4264

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–15

The dream seemed to have little meaning in it; but the interpretation evidently proved the whole to be from the Lord, and discovered that the name of Gideon had filled the Midianites with terror. Gideon took this as a sure pledge of success; without delay he worshipped and praised God, and returned with confidence to his three hundred men. Wherever we are, we may speak to God, and worship him. God must have the praise of that which encourages our faith. And his providence must be acknowledged in events, though small and seemingly accidental.

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GideonMidianJoash Midian

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Joash

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.