Judges 7:4 - New Revised Standard Version

⁴ Then the Lord said to Gideon, “The troops are still too many; take them down to the water and I will sift them out for you there. When I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go with you; and when I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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.

Judges 7:4 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 22:1

After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.

Psalm 33:16

A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Psalm 7:9

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God.

Judges 7:5

So he brought the troops down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, “All those who lap the water with their tongues, as a dog laps, you shall put to one side; all those who kneel down to drink, putting their hands to their mouths, you shall put to the other side.”

1 Samuel 14:6

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.”

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”