They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it.
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They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it.
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And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
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And they answered: 'We will willingly give them.' And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 8:25 And they answered, We will willingly give…
Jdg 8:25 And they answered, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
Ver. 25. We will willingly give them.] Giving we will give.
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“ Dat bene, dat multum, qui dat cum munere vultum. ”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they answered, we will willingly give them,.... Or,…
And they answered, we will willingly give them,.... Or, "in giving we will give" (d); give them with all their hearts, most freely and cheerfully:
and they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey; every man one, which would amount to no more than three hundred; though perhaps those who joined in the pursuit might take many more, or otherwise the weight of them would not amount to what in the next verse they are said to weigh.
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(d) "dando dabimus", Pagninus, Montanus.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain They spread ... - The Septuagint reads “He spread…
They spread ... - The Septuagint reads “He spread his garment.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
CHAPTER VIII.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) We will willingly give.—Literally, giving, we will give.
(25) We will willingly give.—Literally, giving, we will give.
They spread.—Perhaps the true reading should be “he spread,” as in the LXX. (aneptuxe).
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A garment.—Perhaps his own upper garment (Simlah), or “a large general’s cloke” (Ewald, Gesch. ii. 506).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A garment. Rather, the cloak. Probably Gideon"s military cloak,…
A garment. Rather, the cloak. Probably Gideon"s military cloak, (see Isa_9:5) which lay in his tent ready for use as a cloak by day or a coverlet by night. (Deu_22:17)
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