Judges · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Judges 7 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ ὤρθρισεν Ἱεροβάαλ, αὐτός ἐστι Γεδεὼν, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐπὶ πηγὴν Ἀράδ· καὶ παρεμβολὴ Μαδιὰμ ἦν αὐτῷ ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ ἀπὸ Γαβααθαμωραὶ ἐν κοιλάδι.
1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Γεδεὼν, πολὺς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετὰ σοῦ, ὥστε μὴ παραδοῦναί με τὴν Μαδιὰμ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτῶν, μὴ ποτε καυχήσηται Ἰσραὴλ ἐπʼ ἐμὲ, λέγων, ἡ χείρ μου ἔσωσέ με.
2 Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
3 Καὶ νῦν λάλησον δὴ ἐν ὠσὶ τοῦ λαοῦ, λέγων, τίς ὁ φοβούμενος καὶ δειλός; ἐπιστραφέτω καὶ ἐκχωρείτω ἀπὸ ὄρους Γαλαάδ· καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ εἴκοσι καὶ δύο χιλιάδες, καὶ δέκα χιλιάδες ὑπελείφθησαν.
3 Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained.
4 Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Γεδεὼν, ἔτι ὁ λαὸς πολύς ἐστι· κατένεγκον αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐκκαθαρῶ σοι αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ· καὶ ἔσται ὃν ἐὰν εἴπω πρὸς σὲ, οὗτος πορεύσεται σὺν σοὶ, αὐτὸς πορεύσεται σὺν σοί· καὶ πᾶς ὃν ἂν εἴπω πρὸς σὲ, οὗτος οὐ πορεύσεται μετὰ σοῦ, αὐτὸς οὐ πορεύσεται μετὰ σοῦ.
4 Yahweh said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. It shall be, that those whom I tell you, ‘This shall go with you,’ shall go with you; and whoever I tell you, ‘This shall not go with you,’ shall not go.”
5 Καὶ κατήνεγκε τὸν λαὸν πρὸς τὸ ὕδωρ· καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Γεδεὼν, πᾶς ὃς ἂν λάψῃ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος ὡς ἐὰν λάψῃ ὁ κύων, στήσεις αὐτὸν κατὰ μόνας, καὶ πᾶς ὃς ἐὰν κλίνῃ ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα αὐτοῦ πιεῖν.
5 So he brought down the people to the water; and Yahweh said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, like a dog laps, you shall set him by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.”
6 Καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν λαψάντων ἐν χειρὶ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν, τριακόσιοι ἄνδρες· καὶ πᾶν τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ λαοῦ ἔκλιναν ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα αὐτῶν πιεῖν ὕδωρ.
6 The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
7 Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Γεδεὼν, ἐν τοῖς τριακοσίοις ἀνδράσι τοῖς λάψασι σώσω ὑμᾶς, καὶ δώσω τὴν Μαδιὰμ ἐν χειρί σου, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς πορεύσονται ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ.
7 Yahweh said to Gideon, “I will save you by the three hundred men who lapped, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his own place.”
8 Καὶ ἔλαβον τὸν ἐπισιτισμὸν τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς κερατίνας αὐτῶν· καὶ τὸν πάντα ἄνδρα Ἰσραὴλ ἐξαπέστειλεν ἄνδρα εἰς σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ· καὶ τοὺς τριακοσίους ἄνδρας κατίσχυσε· καὶ ἡ παρεμβολὴ Μαδιὰμ ἦσαν αὐτοῦ ὑποκάτω ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι.
8 So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of the men of Israel to their own tents, but retained the three hundred men; and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 Καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Κύριος, ἀνάστα, κατάβηθι ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ, ὅτι παρέδωκα αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ χειρί σου.
9 That same night, Yahweh said to him, “Arise, go down into the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
10 Καὶ εἰ φοβῇ σὺ καταβῆναι, κατάβηθι σὺ καὶ Φαρὰ τὸ παιδάριόν σου εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν,
10 But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp.
11 καὶ ἀκούσῃ τί λαλήσουσι, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἰσχύσουσιν αἱ χεῖρές σου καὶ καταβήσῃ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ· καὶ κατέβη αὐτὸς καὶ Φαρὰ τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ πρὸς ἀρχὴν τῶν πεντήκοντα, οἳ ἦσαν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ.
11 You will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened to go down into the camp.” Then went he down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men who were in the camp.
12 Καὶ Μαδιὰμ καὶ Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ ἀνατολῶν βεβλημένοι ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι ὡς ἀκρὶς εἰς πλῆθος, καὶ ταῖς καμήλοις αὐτῶν οὐκ ἦν ἀριθμὸς, ἀλλʼ ἦσαν ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ ἐπὶ χείλους τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς πλῆθος.
12 The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude.
13 Καὶ ἦλθε Γεδεὼν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἐξηγούμενος τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐνύπνιον, καὶ εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ ἐνυπνιασάμην ἐνύπνιον, καὶ ἰδοὺ μαγὶς ἄρτου κριθίνου στρεφομένη ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ Μαδιὰμ, καὶ ἦλθεν ἕως τῆς σκηνῆς, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἔπεσε, καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν αὐτὴν ἄνω, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἡ σκηνή.
13 When Gideon had come, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his fellow. He said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream; and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.”
14 Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν, οὐκ ἔστιν αὕτη εἰ μὴ ῥομφαία Γεδεὼν υἱοῦ Ἰωὰς ἀνδρὸς Ἰσραήλ· παρέδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν Μαδιὰμ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν παρεμβολήν.
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.”
15 Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσε Γεδεὼν τὴν ἐξήγησιν τοῦ ἐνυπνίου καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσεκύνησε Κυρίῳ, καὶ ὑπέστρεψεν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ εἶπεν, ἀνάστητε, ὅτι παρέδωκε Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ ἡμῶν τὴν παρεμβολὴν Μαδιάμ.
15 It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshiped. Then he returned into the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for Yahweh has delivered the army of Midian into your hand!”
16 Καὶ διεῖλε τοὺς τριακοσίους ἄνδρας εἰς τρεῖς ἀρχὰς, καὶ ἔδωκε κερατίνας ἐν χειρὶ πάντων, καὶ ὑδρίας κενὰς, καὶ λαμπάδας ἐν ταῖς ὑδρίαις,
16 He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
17 καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ὄψεσθε, καὶ οὕτω ποιήσετε· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ εἰσπορεύομαι ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς παρεμβολῆς, καὶ ἔσται καθὼς ἂν ποιήσω, οὕτω ποιήσετε.
17 He said to them, “Watch me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall do.
18 Καὶ σαλπιῶ ἐν τῇ κερατίνῃ ἐγὼ, καὶ πάντες μετʼ ἐμοῦ σαλπιεῖτε ἐν ταῖς κερατίναις κύκλῳ ὅλης τῆς παρεμβολῆς, καὶ ἐρεῖτε, τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ Γεδεών.
18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and shout, ‘For Yahweh and for Gideon!’”
19 Καὶ εἰσῆλθε Γεδεὼν καὶ οἱ ἐκατὸν ἄνδρες οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς φυλακῆς μέσης· καὶ ἐγείροντες ἤγειραν τοὺς φυλάσσοντας, καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ἐν ταῖς κερατίναις, καὶ ἐξετίναξαν τὰς ὑδρίας τὰς ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν.
19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch. Then they blew the trumpets and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
20 Καὶ ἐσάλπισαν αἱ τρεῖς ἀρχαὶ ἐν ταῖς κερατίναις, καὶ συνέτριψαν τὰς ὑδρίας, καὶ ἐκράτησαν ἐν χερσὶν ἀριστεραῖς αὐτῶν τὰς λαμπάδας, καὶ ἐν χερσὶ δεξιαῖς αὐτῶν τὰς κερατίνας τοῦ σαλπίζειν· καὶ ἀνέκραξαν, ῥομφαία τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ Γεδεών.
20 The three companies blew the trumpets, broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they shouted, “The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon!”
21 Καὶ ἔστησεν ἀνὴρ ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ κύκλῳ τῆς παρεμβολῆς· καὶ ἔδραμε πᾶσα ἡ παρεμβολὴ, καὶ ἐσήμαναν, καὶ ἔφυγον.
21 They each stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight.
22 Καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ἐν ταῖς τριακοσίαις κερατίναις· καὶ ἔθηκε Κύριος τὴν ῥομφαίαν ἀνδρὸς ἐν τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ παρεμβολῇ.
22 They blew the three hundred trumpets, and Yahweh set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
23 Καὶ ἔφυγεν ἡ παρεμβολὴ ἕως Βηθσεὲδ Ταγαραγαθὰ Ἀβελμεουλὰ ἐπὶ Ταβάθ· καὶ ἐβόησαν ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ Νεφθαλὶ καὶ ἀπὸ Ἀσὴρ, καὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς Μανασσῆ, καὶ ἐδίωξαν ὀπίσω Μαδιάμ.
23 The men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued Midian.
24 Καὶ ἀγγέλους ἀπέστειλε Γεδεὼν ἐν παντὶ ὄρει Ἐφραὶμ, λέγων, κατάβητε εἰς συνάντησιν Μαδιὰμ, καὶ καταλάβετε ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ὕδωρ ἕως Βαιθηρὰ καὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην· καὶ ἐβόησε πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἐφραὶμ, καὶ προκατελάβοντο τὸ ὕδωρ ἕως Βαιθηρὰ καὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην.
24 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against Midian and take the waters before them as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan!” So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together and took the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
25 Καὶ συνελάβοντο τοὺς ἄρχοντας Μαδιὰμ, καὶ τὸν Ὠρὴβ καὶ τὸν Ζήβ· καὶ ἀπέκτειναν τὸν Ὠρὴβ ἐν Σοὺρ Ὠρὴβ, καὶ τὸν Ζὴβ ἀπέκτειναν ἐν Ἱακεφζήφ· καὶ κατεδίωξαν τὴν Μαδιάμ· καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Ὠρὴβ καὶ Ζὴβ ἤνεγκαν πρὸς Γεδεὼν ἀπὸ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.
25 They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at Oreb’s rock, and Zeeb they killed at Zeeb’s wine press, as they pursued Midian. Then they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
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Gideon
Youngest son of Joash the Abiezrite, called by the angel of the LORD while threshing wheat at Ophrah, who tore down his father's Baal altar and so was named Jerubbaal, routed…
Cited in the guide: Judges 6:11; Judges 6:32; Judges 7:7
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
Purah
Gideon's servant who went down with him to the outposts of the Midianite camp to hear the dream of the barley loaf.
Cited in the guide: Judges 7:10; Judges 7:11
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 (23)
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- 1 Judges 6:32; Genesis 12:6; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Deuteronomy 11:30; Genesis 22:3
- 2 Deuteronomy 8:17; 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Romans 11:18; Zechariah 12:7
- 3 Deuteronomy 20:8; Revelation 17:14; Matthew 20:16; Revelation 21:8; Luke 14:25–33
- 4 Psalm 33:16; 1 Samuel 16:7; Psalm 7:9; Malachi 3:2–3; Job 23:10
- 7 1 Samuel 14:6; Isaiah 41:14–16
- 8 Isaiah 27:13; Judges 3:27; Joshua 6:4; Leviticus 23:24; 1 Corinthians 15:52
- 9 Acts 18:9–10; Judges 3:28; Genesis 46:2–3; 2 Chronicles 16:8–9; Acts 27:23
- 10 Exodus 4:10–14; Judges 4:8–9
- 11 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Ephesians 6:10; Philippians 4:13; Exodus 13:18; Judges 7:13–15
- 12 Judges 6:5; Judges 8:10; Judges 6:3; Isaiah 8:9–10; Joshua 11:4
- 13 1 Corinthians 1:27; Judges 3:31; Judges 3:15; Judges 6:15; Isaiah 41:14–15
- 14 Joshua 2:9; 2 Kings 7:6–7; Numbers 23:5; Job 1:10; Numbers 23:20
- 15 2 Corinthians 10:4–6; Genesis 24:48; Genesis 40:8; Genesis 24:26–27; 2 Chronicles 20:18–19
- 16 2 Corinthians 4:7
- 17 Matthew 16:24; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Hebrews 13:7; 1 Peter 5:3; Judges 9:48
- 18 2 Chronicles 20:15–17; 1 Samuel 17:47
- 19 Psalm 2:9; Exodus 14:24; Revelation 16:15; Jeremiah 13:13–14; Judges 7:16
- 20 Joshua 6:16; 1 Corinthians 15:52; Isaiah 27:13; Joshua 6:20; 2 Corinthians 4:7
- 21 Proverbs 28:1; Exodus 14:25; 2 Chronicles 20:17; 2 Kings 7:6–7; Exodus 14:13–14
- 22 1 Kings 4:12; Isaiah 19:2; Joshua 6:16; 2 Chronicles 20:23; 1 Kings 19:16
- 23 Judges 6:35; 1 Samuel 14:21–22
- 24 Judges 12:5; Romans 15:30; Philippians 1:27; John 1:28; Judges 3:27–28
- 25 Isaiah 10:26; Judges 8:3–4; Psalm 83:11–12; Joshua 7:26
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