16And he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth.


In Context

13 Then Gideon the son of Jo'ash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.

14 And he caught a young man of Succoth, and questioned him; and he wrote down for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven men.

15 And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, |Behold Zebah and Zalmun'na, about whom you taunted me, saying, 'Are Zebah and Zalmun'na already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are faint?'|

16 And he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth.

17 And he broke down the tower of Penu'el, and slew the men of the city.

18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmun'na, |Where are the men whom you slew at Tabor?| They answered, |As you are, so were they, every one of them; they resembled the sons of a king.|

Judges 8:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:16He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Succoth a lesson by punishing them with desert thorns and briers.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:16So he took the ancients of the city and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.