Judges 6:27

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.”

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BSBPD

“So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had spoken unto him: and it came to pass, because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Gideon taketh ten men of his servants, and doth as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and it cometh to pass, because he hath been afraid of the house of his father, and the men of the city, to do <FI>it<Fi> by day, that he doth <FI>it<Fi> by night.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 6:27 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
  2. Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
  3. Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
  4. John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
  5. John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
  6. John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
  7. Galatians 1:16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
  8. 1 Thessalonians 2:4Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.

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