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


In Context

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."

19 Gideon 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."

Judges 8:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:17And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:17And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17And he broke down the tower of Penu'el, and slew the men of the city.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:17And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.