9And he said to the men of Penu'el, |When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.|


In Context

6 And the officials of Succoth said, |Are Zebah and Zalmun'na already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?|

7 And Gideon said, |Well then, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmun'na into my hand, I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.|

8 And from there he went up to Penu'el, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penu'el answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

9 And he said to the men of Penu'el, |When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.|

10 Now Zebah and Zalmun'na were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the people of the East; for there had fallen a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew the sword.

11 And Gideon went up by the caravan route east of Nobah and Jog'behah, and attacked the army; for the army was off its guard.

Judges 8:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:9So he said to the men of Peniel, "When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:9He said therefore to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy this tower.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:9And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:9And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, |When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9And he speaketh also to the men of Penuel, saying, 'In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.