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And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
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Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
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And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
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And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfiteda all the host.
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And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
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And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he describedb unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
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And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
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And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taughtc the men of Succoth.
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And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
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Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembledd the children of a king.
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And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
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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.
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Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornamentse that were on their camels' necks.
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Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
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And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
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And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
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And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
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And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars,f and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
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And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
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Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
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And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
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And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
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And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
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And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
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Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
Otras traducciones de Judges 8:9
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
Jueces 8:9
Y habló también a los hombres de Peniel, diciendo: Cuando yo vuelva sano y salvo, derribaré esta torre.
English Standard Version ESV
9
And he said to the men of Penuel, "When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower."
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
9
Y él habló también a los de Peniel, diciendo: Cuando yo vuelva en paz, derribaré esta torre
New King James Version NKJV
9
So he also spoke to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I come back in peace, I will tear down this tower!"
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
Jueces 8:9
Así que le dijo a la gente de Peniel: «Cuando vuelva victorioso, derribaré esta torre».
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
9
Por eso les advirtió a los hombres de Peniel: «Cuando yo vuelva victorioso, derribaré esta torre».
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
9
Y él habló también á los de Penuel, diciendo: Cuando yo tornare en paz, derribaré esta torre.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
9
Y él habló también a los de Peniel, diciendo: Cuando yo vuelva en paz, derribaré esta torre.
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