Judges 8:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ So he took the elders of the city, and he took some thorns and briars from the wilderness, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And he took the elders of the city and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth [a lesson].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Then he seized the city’s elders, and he beat the people of Succoth with desert thorns and briars.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Therefore, he took the elders of the city, and, using the thorns and briers of the desert, he threshed them with these, and he cut the men of Succoth to pieces.

Judges 8:16 Cross References

Ezra 2:6

Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812

Proverbs 10:13

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgements are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a briar; the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen, the day of your punishment, is coming; at this time their panic is here.

Judges 8:15

Then he went to the men of Succoth and said, ‘Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. You taunted me about them, saying, “Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your power that we should give bread to your exhausted men? ” ’

Judges 8:17

He also tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

Judges 8:7

Gideon replied, ‘Very well, when the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will tear  your flesh with thorns and briars from the wilderness! ’