Judges 7:6
“And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Judges 7:6 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und die Zahl derer, welche mit ihrer Hand zu ihrem Munde leckten, war dreihundert Mann; und das ganze übrige Volk hatte sich auf seine Knie niedergelassen, um Wasser zu trinken.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y fué el número de los que lamieron las aguas, llegándola con la mano á la boca, trescientos hombres: y todo el resto del pueblo se dobló sobre sus rodillas para beber las aguas.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E foi o número dos que lamberam as águas, achegando-a com a mão à boca, trezentos homens: e todo aquele resto do povo se dobrou sobre seus joelhos para beber as águas.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Trezentos homens lamberam, levando a mão à boca. O resto dos homens se ajoelhou para beber a água.
📖 Judges 7:6 in Context
4And 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.
5So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
6And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
7And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
8So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
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