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


In Context

6 But the officials of Succoth said, "Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your troops?"

7 Then Gideon replied, "Just for that, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers."

8 From there he went up to Peniel and made the same request of them, but they answered as the men of Succoth had.

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

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen.

11 Gideon went up by the route of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and fell upon the unsuspecting army.

Judges 8:9 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9And he said to the men of Penu'el, |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.