The number of those that lapped was three hundred; but all the rest of the troops knelt down to drink water.
Judges 7:7 - New Revised Standard Version Then the Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred that lapped I will deliver you, and give the Midianites into your hand. Let all the others go to their homes.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord said to Gideon, With the 300 men who lapped I will deliver you, and give the Midianites into your hand. Let all the others return every man to his home. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the people go every man unto his place. Common English Bible Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped I will rescue you and hand over the Midianites to you. Let everyone else go home.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said to Gideon: "By the three hundred men who lapped the water, I will free you, and I will deliver Midian into your hand. But let all the remainder of the multitude return to their place." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said to Gedeon: By the three hundred men, that lapped water, I will save you, and deliver Madian into thy hand. But let all the rest of the people return to their place. |
The number of those that lapped was three hundred; but all the rest of the troops knelt down to drink water.
So he took the jars of the troops from their hands, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of Israel back to their own tents, but retained the three hundred. The camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will act for us; for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”
Then David inquired of the Lord again. The Lord answered him, “Yes, go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”