24And Gideon said to them, |Let me make a request of you; give me every man of you the earrings of his spoil.| (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ish'maelites.)


In Context

21 Then Zebah and Zalmun'na said, |Rise yourself, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.| And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmun'na; and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.

22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, |Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Mid'ian.|

23 Gideon said to them, |I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you.|

24 And Gideon said to them, |Let me make a request of you; give me every man of you the earrings of his spoil.| (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ish'maelites.)

25 And they answered, |We will willingly give them.| And they spread a garment, and every man cast in it the earrings of his spoil.

26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescents and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Mid'ian, and besides the collars that were about the necks of their camels.

Judges 8:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:24And he said, "I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder." (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:24And 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.)

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:24And he said to them: I desire one request of you: Give me the earlets of your spoils. For the Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:24And Gideon said unto them, I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:24And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:24And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the ear-rings of his prey. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:24Gideon said to them, |I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil.| (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:24And Gideon saith unto them, 'Let me ask of you a petition, and give ye to me each the ring of his prey, for they have rings of gold, for they are Ishmaelites.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:24And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)