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Judges 8:6

And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

KJV

Responderunt principes Soccoth : Forsitan palmæ manuum Zebee et Salmana in manu tua sunt, et idcirco postulas ut demus exercitui tuo panes.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄρχοντες Σοκχώθ Μὴ χεὶρ Ζέβεε καὶ Σελμανὰ νῦν ἐν χειρί σου; οὐ δώσομεν τῇ δυνάμει σου ἄρτους.

LXX

And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ שָׂרֵ֣י סֻכּ֔וֹת הֲ֠/כַף זֶ֧בַח וְ/צַלְמֻנָּ֛ע עַתָּ֖ה בְּ/יָדֶ֑/ךָ כִּֽי נִתֵּ֥ן לִֽ/צְבָאֲ/ךָ֖ לָֽחֶם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זֶ֣בַח
zbch
proper_noun · 12×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
סֻכּ֖וֹת
skvt
proper_noun · 18×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×
צַלְמֻנָּ֔ע
tslmn'
proper_noun · 12×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 20:11 — And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
  • 1Sam 25:11 — Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
  • Judg 8:15 — And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy
  • Phil 2:21 — For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.