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Selected Verse: Judges 7:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 7:4 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Gideon [01439], The people [05971] are yet too many [07227]; bring them down [03381] unto the water [04325], and I will try [06884] them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say [0559] unto thee, This shall go [03212] with thee, the same shall go [03212] with thee; and of whomsoever I say [0559] unto thee, This shall not go [03212] with thee, the same shall not go [03212]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| too many--Two reductions were ordered, the last by the application of a test which was made known to Gideon alone. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Try - The word used for refining metals by separating the dross from the pure ore. They who threw themselves on the ground and drank freely were the more self-indulgent; while they who, remembering the near presence of the enemy, slaked their thirst with moderation, and without being off their guard for an instant, were the true soldiers of the army of God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The water - Either that which ran from the well of Harod, mentioned Jdg 7:1, or some other brook. |
1 Then Jerubbaal [03378], who is Gideon [01439], and all the people [05971] that were with him, rose up early [07925], and pitched [02583] beside the well of Harod [05878]: so that the host [04264] of the Midianites [04080] were on the north side [06828] of them, by the hill [01389] of Moreh [04176], in the valley [06010].