Judges 6:27
ContextNET © | So Gideon took ten of his servants 1 and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family 2 and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime. 3 |
NIV © | So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD told him. But because he was afraid of his family and the men of the town, he did it at night rather than in the daytime. |
NASB © | Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had spoken to him; and because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city to do it by day, he did it by night. |
NLT © | So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had commanded. But he did it at night because he was afraid of the other members of his father’s household and the people of the town. He knew what would happen if they found out who had done it. |
MSG © | Gideon selected ten men from his servants and did exactly what GOD had told him. But because of his family and the people in the neighborhood, he was afraid to do it openly, so he did it that night. |
BBE © | Then Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had said to him; but fearing to do it by day, because of his father’s people and the men of the town, he did it by night. |
NRSV © | So Gideon took ten of his servants, and did as the LORD had told him; but because he was too afraid of his family and the townspeople to do it by day, he did it by night. |
NKJV © | So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the LORD had said to him. But because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night. |
KJV | |
NASB © | Then Gideon <01439> took <03947> ten <06235> men <0376> of his servants <05650> and did <06213> as the LORD <03068> had spoken <01696> to him; and because <0834> he was too afraid <03372> of his father's <01> household <01004> and the men <0376> of the city <05892> to do <06213> it by day <03119> , he did <06213> it by night .<03915> |
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NET © [draft] ITL | So <03947> Gideon <01439> took <03947> ten <06235> of his servants <05650> and did <06213> just <0834> as the Lord <03068> had told <01696> him <0413> . He was <01961> too afraid <03372> of his father’s <01> family <01004> and the <0853> men <0376> of the city <05892> to do <06213> it in broad daylight <03119> , so <06213> he waited <06213> until nighttime .<03915> |
NET © | So Gideon took ten of his servants 1 and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family 2 and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime. 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “men from among his servants.” 2 tn Heb “house.” 3 tn Heb “so he did it at night.” |