Judges 8 Free Bible Version
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1 Then the men of Ephraim asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn't you call us when you went to attack the Midianites?” They argued furiously with him.
1 Y LOS de Ephraim le dijeron: ¿Qué es esto que has hecho con nosotros, no llamándonos cuando ibas á la guerra contra Madián? Y reconviniéronlo fuertemente.
1 The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply.
2 “Now what have I achieved in comparison to you?” Gideon replied. “Even Ephraim's left-over grapes are better than Abiezer's whole grape harvest!
2 A los cuales él respondió: ¿Qué he hecho yo ahora como vosotros? ¿No es el rebusco de Ephraim mejor que la vendimia de Abiezer?
2 He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
3 God handed over to you Oreb and Zeeb, the two Midianite commanders. What have I managed to achieve in comparison to you?” When he told them this their animosity towards him died down.
3 Dios ha entregado en vuestras manos á Oreb y á Zeeb, príncipes de Madián: ¿y qué pude yo hacer como vosotros? Entonces el enojo de ellos contra él se aplacó, luego que él habló esta palabra.
3 God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.
4 Then Gideon crossed the Jordan with his three hundred men. Even though they were exhausted they continued the chase.
4 Y vino Gedeón al Jordán para pasar, él y los trescientos hombres que traía consigo, cansados del alcance.
4 Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
5 When they got to Succoth, Gideon asked the people there, “Please provide some bread to the men with me because they're worn out—I'm pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the Midianite kings.”
5 Y dijo á los de Succoth: Yo os ruego que deis á la gente que me sigue [algunos] bocados de pan; porque están cansados, y yo persigo á Zeba y á Zalmunna, reyes de Madián.
5 He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
6 But the Succoth town leaders replied, “Why should we give your army bread when you haven't even captured Zebah and Zalmunna yet?”
6 Y los principales de Succoth respondieron: ¿Está ya la mano de Zeba y Zalmunna en tu mano, para que hayamos nosotros de dar pan á tu ejército?
6 The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
7 “In that case, once the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I'll return and thrash you with thorns and briers from the desert!” Gideon replied.
7 Y Gedeón dijo: Pues cuando Jehová hubiere entregado en mi mano á Zeba y á Zalmunna, yo trillaré vuestra carne con espinas y abrojos del desierto.
7 Gideon said, “Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
8 He left and went to Penuel and asked them the same thing, but the people of Penuel answered the same way as the people of Succoth.
8 Y de allí subió á Penuel, y hablóles las mismas palabras. Y los de Penuel le respondieron como habían respondido los de Succoth.
8 He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
9 So he told them, “When I return victorious, I'll demolish this tower!”
9 Y él habló también á los de Penuel, diciendo: Cuando yo tornare en paz, derribaré esta torre.
9 He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
10 Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies of around fifteen thousand men. These were all who remained of the armies of the people of the East—one hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already been killed.
10 Y Zeba y Zalmunna estaban en Carcor, y con ellos su ejército de como quince mil hombres, todos los que habían quedado de todo el campo de los orientales: y los muertos [habían sido] ciento veinte mil hombres que sacaban espada.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.
11 Gideon took the caravan route to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, catching them offguard.
11 Y subiendo Gedeón hacia los que habitaban en tiendas, á la parte oriental de Noba y de Jogbea, hirió el campo, porque estaba el ejército sin recelo.
11 Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army felt secure.
12 Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, but he chased after the two Midianite kings and captured them, defeating the whole of their terrified army.
12 Y huyendo Zeba y Zalmunna, él los siguió; y tomados los dos reyes de Madián, Zeba y Zalmunna, espantó á todo el ejército.
12 Zebah and Zalmunna fled and he pursued them. He took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the army.
13 Then Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle through the Heres Pass.
13 Y Gedeón hijo de Joas volvió de la batalla antes que el sol subiese;
13 Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
14 There he captured a young man from Succoth and questioned him. The man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
14 Y tomó un mozo de los de Succoth, y preguntándole, él le dió por escrito los principales de Succoth y sus ancianos, setenta y siete varones.
14 He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
15 Gideon went and said to the Sukkoth town leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, the ones you taunted me about when you said, ‘Why should we give your exhausted army bread when you haven't even captured Zebah and Zalmunna yet?’”
15 Y entrando á los de Succoth, dijo: He aquí á Zeba y á Zalmunna, sobre los cuales me zaheristeis, diciendo: ¿Está ya la mano de Zeba y de Zalmunna en tu mano, para que demos nosotros pan á tus hombres cansados?
15 He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”
16 So he took the town elders of Succoth and taught them a lesson using thorns and briers from the desert.
16 Y tomó á los ancianos de la ciudad, y espinas y abrojos del desierto, y castigó con ellos á los de Succoth.
16 He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17 He also demolished the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the town.
17 Asimismo derribó la torre de Penuel, y mató á los de la ciudad.
17 He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
18 Then Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What were they like, the men you killed at Tabor?” “They looked like you,” they answered. “Each of them had the stature of a prince.”
18 Luego dijo á Zeba y á Zalmunna: ¿Qué manera de hombres tenían aquellos que matasteis en Tabor? Y ellos respondieron: Como tú, tales eran aquellos ni más ni menos, que parecían hijos de rey.
18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. They all resembled the children of a king.”
19 “Those were my brothers, my mother's sons,” Gideon burst out. “As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I wouldn't kill you!”
19 Y él dijo: Mis hermanos eran, hijos de mi madre: ¡Vive Jehová, que si los hubierais guardado en vida, yo no os mataría!
19 He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”
20 He told Jether, his oldest son, “Go on, kill them!” But the boy refused to draw his sword, because he was young and afraid.
20 Y dijo á Jether su primogénito: Levántate, y mátalos. Mas el joven no desenvainó su espada, porque tenía temor; que aun era muchacho.
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.
21 Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Come on, you do it! Show yourself a man and kill us!” So Gideon went over and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments from the necks of their camels.
21 Entonces dijo Zeba y Zalmunna: Levántate tú, y mátanos; porque como es el varón, tal es su valentía. Y Gedeón se levantó, y mató á Zeba y á Zalmunna; y tomó los adornos de lunetas que sus camellos traían al cuello.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “You rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’ necks.
22 Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “You must become our ruler, you, your son, and your grandson; because you've saved us from the Midianites.”
22 Y los Israelitas dijeron á Gedeón: Sé nuestro señor, tú, y tu hijo, y tu nieto; pues que nos has librado de mano de Madián.
22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, your son, and your son’s son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.”
23 “I won't be your ruler, and my son won't either,” Gideon replied. “The Lord will be your ruler.”
23 Mas Gedeón respondió: No seré señor sobre vosotros, ni mi hijo os señoreará: Jehová será vuestro Señor.
23 Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.”
24 Then Gideon said, “I have a request to ask of you: that each of you give me an earring from your plunder.” (Their enemies were Ishmaelites and wore gold earrings.)
24 Y díjoles Gedeón: Deseo haceros una petición, que cada uno me dé los zarcillos de su despojo. (Porque traían zarcillos de oro, que eran Ismaelitas.)
24 Gideon said to them, “I do have a request: that you would each give me the earrings of his plunder.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
25 “We'll happily give them to you,” they replied. They spread out a cloak, and each of them threw on it earrings from their plunder.
25 Y ellos respondieron: De buena gana los daremos. Y tendiendo una ropa de vestir, echó allí cada uno los zarcillos de su despojo.
25 They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it.
26 The weight of the earrings he'd asked for was 1,700 shekels, not including the ornaments, the pendants, and the purple garments worn by the Midianite kings or the chains that were round their camels' necks.
26 Y fué el peso de los zarcillos de oro que él pidió, mil y setecientos [siclos] de oro; sin las planchas, y joyeles, y vestidos de púrpura, que traían los reyes de Madián, y sin los collares que traían sus camellos al cuello.
26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, in addition to the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
27 From the gold Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in his hometown of Ophrah. All Israel prostituted themselves there by worshiping it as an idol, and it became a trap to Gideon and his family.
27 Y Gedeón hizo de ellos un ephod, el cual hizo guardar en su ciudad de Ophra: y todo Israel fornicó tras de ese [ephod] en aquel lugar; y fué por tropiezo á Gedeón y á su casa.
27 Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
28 This is how the Midianites were subjugated before the Israelites and did not gain power again. So the land was at peace for forty years during the lifetime of Gideon.
28 Así fué humillado Madián delante de los hijos de Israel, y nunca más levantaron su cabeza. Y reposó la tierra cuarenta años en los días de Gedeón.
28 So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 Jerub-baal, son of Joash, went home to live in his own house.
29 Y Jerobaal hijo de Joas fué, y habitó en su casa.
29 Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
30 Gideon had seventy sons, all his own, because he had many wives.
30 Y tuvo Gedeón setenta hijos que salieron de su muslo, porque tuvo muchas mujeres.
30 Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.
31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also had a son. He named him Abimelech.
31 Y su concubina que estaba en Sichêm, también le parió un hijo; y púsole por nombre Abimelech.
31 His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
32 Gideon, son of Joash, died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
32 Y murió Gedeón hijo de Joas en buena vejez, y fué sepultado en el sepulcro de su padre Joas, en Ophra de los Abiezeritas.
32 Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 But as soon as Gideon died, the Israelites went back to prostituting themselves, worshiping before the Baals. They made Baal-berith their god.
33 Y aconteció que como murió Gedeón, los hijos de Israel tornaron, y fornicaron en pos de los Baales, y se pusieron por Dios á Baal-berith.
33 As soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again and played the prostitute following the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
34 They forgot about the Lord their God, who had saved them from all their enemies that surrounded them.
34 Y no se acordaron los hijos de Israel de Jehová su Dios, que los había librado de todos sus enemigos alrededor:
34 The children of Israel didn’t remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
35 They did not show any respect to the family of Jerub-baal (Gideon) for all the good he had done for Israel.
35 Ni hicieron misericordia con la casa de Jerobaal Gedeón, conforme á todo el bien que él había hecho á Israel.
35 neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abimelech
Son of Gideon by his concubine in Shechem who murdered his seventy brothers on one stone, was made king by the leaders of Shechem, reigned three years, and died at Thebez when a…
Cited in the guide: Judges 8:31; Judges 9:1; Judges 9:6
Jether
Gideon's firstborn, a youth whom his father told to kill the Midianite kings but who was too afraid to draw his sword.
Cited in the guide: Judges 8:20
Joash
Abiezrite of Ophrah and father of Gideon, who defended his son against the townsmen who wanted him killed for tearing down the altar of Baal, and in whose tomb Gideon was buried.
Cited in the guide: Judges 6:11; Judges 6:29–31; Judges 8:32
Oreb
One of the two princes of Midian captured by the Ephraimites at the Jordan, who was killed at the rock of Oreb and whose head was brought to Gideon.
Cited in the guide: Judges 7:25; Judges 8:3
Zalmunna
One of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued to Karkor, captured, and killed with his own hand because they had killed his brothers at Tabor.
Cited in the guide: Judges 8:5; Judges 8:12; Judges 8:18
Zebah
One of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued to Karkor, captured, and killed with his own hand because they had killed his brothers at Tabor.
Cited in the guide: Judges 8:5; Judges 8:12; Judges 8:18
Zeeb
One of the two princes of Midian captured by the Ephraimites at the Jordan, who was killed at the winepress of Zeeb and whose head was brought to Gideon.
Cited in the guide: Judges 7:25; Judges 8:3
Cross references (32)
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- 1 2 Samuel 19:41; Job 5:2; James 4:5–6; Judges 12:1–6; Ecclesiastes 4:4
- 2 James 1:19–20; Judges 6:11; Galatians 5:14–15; Judges 6:34; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7
- 3 Proverbs 15:1; Judges 7:24–25; Romans 12:3; Proverbs 25:11; Philippians 2:3
- 4 Galatians 6:9; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Hebrews 12:1–4; 1 Samuel 14:28–29; 1 Samuel 30:10
- 5 Genesis 33:17; Psalm 60:6; Genesis 14:18; 2 Samuel 17:28–29; Deuteronomy 23:4
- 6 1 Kings 20:11; Philippians 2:21; Proverbs 18:23; 2 Kings 14:9; Judges 8:15
- 7 Judges 7:15
- 8 1 Kings 12:25; Genesis 32:30–31
- 9 Judges 8:17; 1 Kings 22:27–28
- 10 Judges 7:12; 2 Kings 3:26; Judges 20:35; Judges 20:46; Judges 20:2
- 11 Numbers 32:35; Numbers 32:42; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Judges 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:16
- 12 Psalm 83:11; Amos 2:14; Revelation 6:15–16; Job 12:16–21; Revelation 19:19–21
- 14 1 Samuel 30:11–15; Judges 1:24–25
- 15 Judges 8:6–7
- 16 Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 19:29; Judges 8:7; Micah 7:4; Ezra 2:6
- 17 Judges 8:9; 1 Kings 12:25
- 18 Judges 4:6; Jude 16; Psalm 89:12; Psalm 12:2
- 20 Joshua 10:24; Psalm 149:9; 1 Samuel 15:33
- 21 Psalm 83:11; Isaiah 3:18; Judges 8:26; 1 Samuel 31:5; Revelation 9:6
- 22 John 6:15; 1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 12:12; Judges 9:8–15
- 23 Isaiah 33:22; 1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 10:19; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Judges 11:9–11
- 24 Genesis 25:13; Exodus 32:3; Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:28; 1 Peter 3:3–5
- 26 Revelation 18:16; John 19:5; Jeremiah 10:9; Revelation 18:12; Esther 8:15
- 27 Psalm 106:39; Deuteronomy 7:16; Judges 18:14; Judges 17:5; Judges 18:17
- 28 Judges 5:31; Judges 3:11; Judges 3:30; Isaiah 10:26; Psalm 83:9–12
- 29 Judges 7:1; Judges 6:32; 1 Samuel 12:11; Nehemiah 5:14–15
- 30 Judges 9:2; Judges 9:5; Deuteronomy 17:17; 1 Kings 11:3; Genesis 7:7
- 31 Judges 9:18; Genesis 16:15; Judges 9:1–5; Genesis 22:24; Genesis 20:2
- 32 Genesis 25:8; Job 42:17; Judges 6:24; Job 5:26; Genesis 15:15
- 33 Judges 9:4; Judges 9:46; Judges 2:19; Judges 8:27; Judges 2:17
- 34 Psalm 78:42; Psalm 106:21; Psalm 78:11; Jeremiah 2:32; Deuteronomy 4:9
- 35 Ecclesiastes 9:14–15; Judges 9:5; Judges 9:16–19
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