25And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and cast into it every man the ear-rings of his prey.


In Context

22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

23 And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

24 And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the ear-rings of his prey. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and cast into it every man the ear-rings of his prey.

26 And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

27 And Gideon made of it an ephod, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither astray after it: which thing became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

Judges 8:25 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:25They answered, "We'll be glad to give them." So they spread out a garment, and each man threw a ring from his plunder onto it.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:25And they answered, We will willingly give [them.] And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:25They answered: We will give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:25And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:25And they answered, |We will willingly give them.| And they spread a garment, and every man cast in it the earrings of his spoil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:25And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his spoil.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:25They answered, |We will willingly give them.| They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his spoil into it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:25And they say, 'We certainly give;' and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:25And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.