Judges 8:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
In context
14 There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
15 And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
16 Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
17 He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
18 Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
Judges 8:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
- KJV King James Version
- And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
- WEB World English Bible
- He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And 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,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.