He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
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He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
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And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
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And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel, saying: 'When I come back in peace, I will break down this tower.'
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Passages linked to Judges 8:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 8:17 He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
- 1 Kings 22:27-28 Say, ‘The king says, “Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.” ’ ” Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, all you people!”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Having gotten the victory.
Having gotten the victory.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 8:9 And he spake also unto the men…
Jdg 8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
Ver. 9. I will break down this tower.] Whereon you bear yourselves so bold as if there were no coming at you; as if you were out of the reach of God’s rod and man’s revenge.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Your confidence in which makes you thus proud and…
Your confidence in which makes you thus proud and presumptuous. He implies that he would afterwards destroy their persons, as is expressed, Jdg 8:17.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain In a threatening way, as he had spoken to…
In a threatening way, as he had spoken to the men of Succoth: saying, when I come again in peace: having conquered all his enemies, and delivered Israel from their bondage, and restored peace and prosperity to them, of which he had no doubt:
I will break down this tower; pointing to it and which stood in their city, and in which they placed their confidence; and when he threatened them, boasted of it as their security.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Your tower - Your confidence in which makes you…
Your tower - Your confidence in which makes you thus proud and presumptuous.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. I will break down this tower.] Probably…
Verse 9. I will break down this tower.] Probably they had not only denied him, but insultingly pointed to a tower in which their chief defense lay; and intimated to him that he might do his worst, for they could amply defend themselves.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Tower; on the strength of which they ventured to…
Tower; on the strength of which they ventured to treat him with insolence. Phanuel, "the face of God," (Genesis xxxii. 33,) was near the Jaboc. (Menochius)
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).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he spake . . ., When I come again…
he spake . . ., When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower--Intent on the pursuit, and afraid of losing time, he postponed the merited vengeance till his return. His confident anticipation of a triumphant return evinces the strength of his faith; and his specific threat was probably provoked by some proud and presumptuous boast, that in their lofty watchtower the Penuelites would set him at defiance.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) When I come again in peace.—Comp. 1Ki_22:27.
(9) When I come again in peace.—Comp. 1Ki_22:27.
I will break down this tower.—If the strength of their citadel emboldened them to refuse food to Gideon’s fainting warriors, it would also have helped to protect them against the dreaded vengeance of Midian.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.