16He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.


In Context

13 Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

14 He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.

15 He came to the men of Succoth, and said, |See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?'|

16 He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

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

18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, |What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?| They answered, |They were like you. Each one resembled the children of a king.|

Judges 8:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:16He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Succoth a lesson by punishing them with desert thorns and briers.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:16So he took the ancients of the city and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.