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2 So he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the1 gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of aAbiezer?  
3 aGod has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. And what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their banger toward him subsided when he said that.  
4 When Gideon came ato the Jordan, he and bthe three hundred men who were with him crossed over, exhausted but still in pursuit.  
5 Then he said to the men of aSuccoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.”  
6 And the leaders of Succoth said, a“Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that bwe should give bread to your army?”  
7 So Gideon said, “For this cause, when the Lord has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, athen I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers!”  
8 Then he went up from there ato Penuel and spoke to them in the same way. And the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.  
9 So he also spoke to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I acome back in peace, bI will tear down this tower!”  
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were at Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand, all who were left of aall the army of the people of the East; for bone hundred and twenty thousand men who drew the sword had fallen.  
11 Then Gideon went up by the road of those who dwell in tents on the east of aNobah and Jogbehah; and he attacked the army while the camp felt bsecure.  
12 When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them; and he atook the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the whole army.  
13 Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle, from the Ascent of Heres.
14 And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth and interrogated him; and he wrote down for him the leaders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.
15 Then he came to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you aridiculed me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your weary men?’ ”  
16 aAnd he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he1 taught the men of Succoth.  
17 aThen he tore down the tower of bPenuel and killed the men of the city.  
18 And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at aTabor?” So they answered, “As you are, so were they; each one resembled the son of a king.”  
19 Then he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
Verse Comparison: Judges 8:4

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American Standard Version
And Gideon came to the Jordan, `and' passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.

Amplified® Bible
And Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the 300 men with him, faint yet pursuing.

Contemporary English Version
After Gideon and his three hundred troops had chased the Midianites as far as the Jordan River, they were exhausted.

Darby English Version
And Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint yet pursuing.

Good News Bible
By this time Gideon and his three hundred men had come to the Jordan River and had crossed it. They were exhausted, but were still pursuing the enemy.

King James Version
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

New American Standard Bible
Then Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came to the Jordan {and} crossed over, weary yet pursuing.

New International Version
Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan and crossed it.

New King James Version
When Gideon came to the Jordan, he and the three hundred men who were with him crossed over, exhausted but still in pursuit.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Gideon and the 300 men who accompanied him came to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing.

Revised Standard Version
And Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint yet pursuing.

Young's Literal Translation
And Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who `are' with him -- wearied, and pursuing,


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