Judges 7:4

The Scriptures 2009

And יהוה said to Giḏ‛on, “The people are still too many. Bring them down to the water, and let Me prove them for you there. And it shall be, that of whom I say to you, ‘This one goes with you,’ let him go with you. And of whomever I say to you, ‘This one does not go with you,’ let him not go.”

Cross References

Genesis 22:1

And it came to be after these events that Elohim tried Aḇraham, and said to him, “Aḇraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Job 23:10

For He knows the way that I take. When He has tried me, I would come forth as gold.

Psalm 33:16

The sovereign is not saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

Psalm 66:10

For You, O Elohim, have proved us; You have refined us as silver is refined.

Psalm 7:9

Please let the evil of the wrong be ended, And establish the righteous; For the righteous Elohim is a trier of hearts and kidneys.

Judges 7:5

So he brought the people down to the water. And יהוה said to Giḏ‛on, “Everyone who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, separate him from everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.”

1 Samuel 14:6

And Yehonathan said to the young man who bore his armour, “Come, and let us go over to the outpost of these uncircumcised. If so be, יהוה does work for us. For there is no hindrance for יהוה to save by many or by few.”

1 Samuel 16:7

But יהוה said to Shemu’ĕl, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him, for not as man sees, for man looks at the eyes, but יהוה looks at the heart.”