Judges 6:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had told him, but because he was too afraid of his family and the townspeople to do it by day, he did it by night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had told him, but because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the city to do it by day, he did it by night.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had spoken unto him: and it came to pass, because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

Common English Bible

²⁷ So Gideon took ten of his servants and did just as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his household and the townspeople to do it during the day, he did it at night.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Therefore, Gideon, taking ten men from his servants, did just as the Lord had instructed him. But fearing his father's household, and the men of that city, he was not willing to do it by day. Instead, he completed everything by night.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ Then Gedeon, taking ten men of his servants, did as the Lord had commanded him. But fearing his father's house, and the men of that city, he would not do it by day, but did all by night.

Judges 6:27 Cross References

Psalm 112:5

It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

John 2:5

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

John 3:2

He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with that person.”

Galatians 1:16

to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with any human,

Deuteronomy 4:1

“So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

but, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals but to please God, who tests our hearts.

Judges 6:26

and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, in proper order; then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the sacred pole that you cut down.”

Judges 6:28

When the townspeople rose early in the morning, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the sacred pole beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built.