20He said to Jether his firstborn, |Get up, and kill them!| But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.


In Context

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.|

19 He said, |They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.|

20 He said to Jether his firstborn, |Get up, and kill them!| But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.

21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, |Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.| Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.

22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, |Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.|

Judges 8:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:20Turning to Jether, his oldest son, he said, "Kill them!" But Jether did not draw his sword, because he was only a boy and was afraid.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet a youth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And he said to Jether his eldest son: Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword: for he was afraid, being but yet a boy.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And he said unto Jether his first-born, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20And he said to Jether his first-born, |Rise, and slay them.| But the youth did not draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20And he said to Jether his first-born, Arise, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20And he saith to Jether his first-born, 'Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he is yet a youth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And he said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.