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


In Context

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.|

23 Gideon said to them, |I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.|

24 Gideon said to them, |I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil.| (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

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

26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

27 Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.