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Judges 7:16

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

KJV

Divisitque trecentos viros in tres partes, et dedit tubas in manibus eorum, lagenasque vacuas, ac lampades in medio lagenarum.

Vulgate

καὶ διεῖλεν τοὺς τριακοσίους ἄνδρας εἰς τρεῖς ἀρχάς, καὶ ἔδωκεν κερατίνας ἐν χειρὶ πάντων καὶ ὑδρείας κενὰς καὶ λαμπάδας ἐν ταῖς ὑδρείαις,

LXX

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֛חַץ אֶת שְׁלֹשׁ מֵא֥וֹת הָ/אִ֖ישׁ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֑ים וַ/יִּתֵּ֨ן שׁוֹפָר֤וֹת בְּ/יַד כֻּלָּ/ם֙ וְ/כַדִּ֣ים רֵקִ֔ים וְ/לַפִּדִ֖ים בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ הַ/כַּדִּֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הּ
h
noun · 18×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יֵּחָצ֖וּ
ychtsv
verb · 13×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לַפִּ֥יד
lpyd
noun · 14×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
רֵקִים֙
rqym
adjective · 14×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שּׁוֹפָ֔ר
shvpr
noun · 72×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 11:11 — And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came t
  • 2Cor 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • 2Cor 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • 2Sam 18:2 — And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gitt
  • Judg 15:15 — And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.