Judges 6:25
ContextNET © | That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. 1 Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole. |
NIV © | That same night the LORD said to him, "Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one seven years old. Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. |
NASB © | Now on the same night the LORD said to him, "Take your father’s bull and a second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal which belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it; |
NLT © | That night the LORD said to Gideon, "Take the second best bull from your father’s herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it. |
MSG © | That night this happened. GOD said to him, "Take your father's best seven-year-old bull, the prime one. Tear down your father's Baal altar and chop down the Asherah fertility pole beside it. |
BBE © | The same night the Lord said to him, Take ten men of your servants and an ox seven years old, and after pulling down the altar of Baal which is your father’s, and cutting down the holy tree by its side, |
NRSV © | That night the LORD said to him, "Take your father’s bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the sacred pole that is beside it; |
NKJV © | Now it came to pass the same night that the LORD said to him, "Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it; |
KJV | |
NASB © | Now on the same <01931> night <03915> the LORD <03068> said <0559> to him, "Take <03947> your father's <01> bull <06499> and a second <08145> bull <06499> seven <07651> years <08141> old, and pull <02040> down <02040> the altar <04196> of Baal <01168> which <0834> belongs to your father <01> , and cut <03772> down <03772> the Asherah <0842> that is beside it;<05921> |
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NET © [draft] ITL | That night <03915> the Lord <03068> said <0559> to him, “Take <03947> the <0853> bull <07794> <06499> from your father’s <01> herd, as well as <0834> a second <08145> bull <06499> , one that is seven <07651> years <08141> old. Pull down <02040> your father’s <01> Baal <01168> altar <04196> and cut down <03772> the nearby Asherah pole .<0842> |
NET © | That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. 1 Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “Take a bull from your father’s herd, the second one, the one seven years old.” Apparently Gideon would need the bulls to pull down the altar. |