So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.
Judges 8:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “We will willingly give them,” they answered. So they spread a garment, and each threw into it an earring he had taken as spoil. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and every man cast on it the earrings of his spoil. American Standard Version (1901) And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil. Common English Bible “We’ll gladly give them,” they replied. And they spread out a piece of cloth, and everyone pitched in the earrings from their loot. Catholic Public Domain Version They responded, "We are very willing to give them." And spreading a cloak on the ground, they cast upon it the earrings from the spoils. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They answered: We will give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils. |
So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.
Then Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you; each of you give me an earring he has taken as spoil.” (For the enemy had golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold (apart from the crescents and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian and the collars that were on the necks of their camels).