So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods in their hand and the rings in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak tree near Shechem.
Judges 8:25 - Tree of Life Version “We’ll certainly give them!” they replied. So they spread out a robe, and each one of them threw an earring from his spoil. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and every man cast on it the earrings of his spoil. American Standard Version (1901) And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil. Common English Bible “We’ll gladly give them,” they replied. And they spread out a piece of cloth, and everyone pitched in the earrings from their loot. Catholic Public Domain Version They responded, "We are very willing to give them." And spreading a cloak on the ground, they cast upon it the earrings from the spoils. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They answered: We will give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils. |
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods in their hand and the rings in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak tree near Shechem.
Yet Gideon said to them, “I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man an earring from his spoil.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
So the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold—besides the crescent ornaments, the pendants and the purple robes that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were on their camels’ necks.