Judges 8:20

He said to Jether his firstborn, “Get up, and kill them!” But the youth didn’t draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.

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WEBBE

He said to Jether his firstborn, “Get up and kill them!” But the youth didn’t draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.

BSB

So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

KJV

And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

ASV

And he said unto Jether his first-born, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

BBE

Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 לְיֶתֶר le·ye·ter to Jether H3500 בְּכוֹרוֹ be·kho·ro firstborn his H1060 קוּם kum arise H6965 הֲרֹג ha·rog kill H2026 אוֹתָם 'o·tam (marks the object) them H853 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 שָׁלַף sha·laf he drew H8025 הַנַּעַר ha·na·'ar the young man H5288 חַרְבּוֹ char·bo sword his H2719 כִּי ki for H3588 יָרֵא ya·re' he was afraid H3372 כִּי ki for H3588 עוֹדֶנּוּ o·de·nu still he H5750 נָעַר na·'ar [was] a young man H5288

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 18–21

The kings of Midian must be reckoned with. As they confessed themselves guilty of murder, Gideon acted as the avenger of blood, being the next of kin to the persons slain. Little did they think to have heard of this so long after; but murder seldom goes unpunished in this life. Sins long forgotten by man, must be accounted for to God. What poor consolation in death from the hope of suffering less pain, and of dying with less disgrace than some others! yet many are more anxious on these accounts, than concerning the future judgment, and what will follow.

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