30He had seventy sons of his own, for he had many wives.


In Context

27 Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.

28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon's lifetime, the land enjoyed peace forty years.

29 Jerub-Baal son of Joash went back home to live.

30 He had seventy sons of his own, for he had many wives.

31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech.

32 Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 8:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Gideon had three score and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.