19He answered them: They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them, I would not kill you.


In Context

16 So 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.

17 And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.

18 And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What manner of men were they whom you slew in Thabor? They answered: They were like thee, and one of them as the son of a king.

19 He answered them: They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them, I would not kill you.

20 And he said to Jether his eldest son: Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword: for he was afraid, being but yet a boy.

21 And Zebee and Salmana said: Do thou rise, and run upon us: because the strength of a man is according to his age: Gedeon rose up and slew Zebee and Salmana: and he took the ornaments and bosses, with which the necks of the camels of kings are wont to be adorned.

Judges 8:19 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Gideon replied, "Those were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. As surely as the LORD lives, if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:19And he said, They [were] my brethren, [even] the sons of my mother: [as] the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:19And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother: as Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19And he said, |They were my brothers, the sons of my mother; as the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:19And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19He said, |They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19And he saith, 'My brethren — sons of my mother — they; Jehovah liveth, if ye had kept them alive — I had not slain you.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:19And he said, They were my brothers, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you.