Now it was after these things that God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham.” “Hineni,” he said.
Judges 7:4 - Tree of Life Version But Adonai said to Gideon, “The people are still too many. Bring them down to the water and I will test them for you there. Now it will be that he of whom I say to you, ‘This will go with you,’ he will go with you, but anyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one will not go with you,’ he will not go.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord said to Gideon, The men are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. And he of whom I say to you, This man shall go with you, shall go with you; and he of whom I say to you, This man shall not go with you, shall not go. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. Common English Bible The LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will weed them out for you there. Whenever I tell you, ‘This one will go with you,’ he should go with you; but whenever I tell you, ‘This one won’t go with you,’ he should not go.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said to Gideon: "The people are still too many. Lead them to the waters, and there I will test them. And those about whom I tell you that he may go with you, let him go; he whom I shall forbid to go, let him return." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people are still too many; bring them to the waters, and there I will try them: and of whom I shall say to thee: This shall go with thee, let him go. Whom I shall forbid to go, let him return. |
Now it was after these things that God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham.” “Hineni,” he said.
Yet He knows the way that I take; if He tested me, I would come out as gold.
No king is saved by his great army, no warrior is delivered by great strength.
For You have tested us, O God— You have purified us, as silver is refined.
Adonai judges the peoples. Vindicate me, Adonai, according to my righteousness and integrity in me.
So he brought the troops down to the water, and Adonai said to Gideon, “You are to set apart everyone who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, and everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.”
Then Jonathan said to the young man carrying his armor, “Come, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised ones. Perhaps Adonai will work for us, for nothing restrains Adonai from delivering whether by many or by few.”
But Adonai said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have already refused him. For He does not see a man as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but Adonai looks into the heart.”