Judges 7:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Judges 7:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 7:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 7:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.”
Judges 7:6 — World English Bible
Judges 7:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Judges 7:6 — American Standard Version
Judges 7:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.”
Judges 7:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 7:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the number of them that lapped, with their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.”
Judges 7:6 — Darby Translation
Judges 7:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the nomber of them that lapped by putting their handes to their mouthes, were three hundreth men: but all the remnant of the people kneeled downe vpon their knees to drinke water.”
Judges 7:6 — Geneva Bible
Judges 7:6 in Context — Judges 7
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.
5 So 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.
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.
7 And 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.
8 So 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.
What Does Judges 7:6 Mean?
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