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


In Context

13 Gideon son of Joash then returned from the battle by the Pass of Heres.

14 He caught a young man of Succoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Succoth, the elders of the town.

15 Then Gideon came and said to the men of Succoth, "Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, 'Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?' "

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

17 He also pulled down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the town.

18 Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?" "Men like you," they answered, "each one with the bearing of a prince."

Judges 8:16 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.