17He said to them, |Watch me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall do.


In Context

14 His fellow answered, |This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian into his hand, with all the army.|

15 It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its interpretation, that he worshiped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, |Arise; for Yahweh has delivered the army of Midian into your hand!|

16 He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.

17 He said to them, |Watch me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall do.

18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and shout, 'For Yahweh and for Gideon!'|

19 So Gideon, and the hundred men who were with him, came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.

Judges 7:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:17"Watch me," he told them. "Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be [that,] as I do, so shall ye do.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And he said to them: What you shall see me do, do you the same: I will go into one part of the camp, and do you as I shall do.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17And he said to them, |Look at me, and do likewise; when I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17And he said to them, Look on me, and do likewise: and behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that as I do, so shall ye do.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17And he saith unto them, 'Look at me, and thus do; and lo, I am coming into the extremity of the camp — and it hath been — as I do so ye do;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And he said to them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall you do.