Judges 8:16 - Tree of Life Version Then he seized the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he punished the men of Succoth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he took the elders of the city and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth [a lesson]. American Standard Version (1901) And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. Common English Bible Then he seized the city’s elders, and he beat the people of Succoth with desert thorns and briars. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, he took the elders of the city, and, using the thorns and briers of the desert, he threshed them with these, and he cut the men of Succoth to pieces. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So he took the ancients of the city, and thorns and briers of the desert: and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth. |
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one lacking sense.
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and floggings for the back of fools.
The best of them is like a prickly bush, the most upright like a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen— of your visitation—is coming. Then their confusion will occur.
When he came to the men of Succoth, he said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna—about whom you mocked me saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?’”
Gideon replied, “Therefore when Adonai delivers Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will thresh your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and briers.”