5So he brought the people down to the water; and the LORD said to Gideon, |Every one that laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself; likewise every one that kneels down to drink.|


In Context

2 The LORD said to Gideon, |The people with you are too many for me to give the Mid'ianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, 'My own hand has delivered me.'

3 Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, 'Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home.'| And Gideon tested them; twenty-two thousand returned, and ten thousand remained.

4 And the LORD said to Gideon, |The people are still too many; take them down to the water and I will test them for you there; and he of whom I say to you, 'This man shall go with you,' shall go with you; and any of whom I say to you, 'This man shall not go with you,' shall not go.|

5 So he brought the people down to the water; and the LORD said to Gideon, |Every one that laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself; likewise every one that kneels down to drink.|

6 And the number of those that lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.

7 And the LORD said to Gideon, |With the three hundred men that lapped I will deliver you, and give the Mid'ianites into your hand; and let all the others go every man to his home.|

Judges 7:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:5So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the LORD told him, "Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:5And when the people were come down to the waters, the Lord said to Gedeon: They that shall lap the water with their tongues, as dogs are wont to lap, thou shalt set apart by themselves: but they that shall drink bowing down their knees, shall be on the other side.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:5So he brought down the people unto the water: and Jehovah said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:5So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5So he brought down the people to the water: and the LORD said to Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5So 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5And he bringeth down the people unto the water, and Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'Every one who lappeth with his tongue of the water as the dog lappeth — thou dost set him apart; also every one who boweth on his knees to drink.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5So he brought down the people to the water: and the LORD said to Gideon, Every one that laps of the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, him shall you set by himself; likewise every one that bows down on his knees to drink.