Judges 8:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.”
Judges 8:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 8:27 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 8:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.”
Judges 8:27 — World English Bible
Judges 8:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the harlot after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. ”
Judges 8:27 — American Standard Version
Judges 8:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.”
Judges 8:27 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 8:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Gideon made an ephod of them, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went thither a whoring after it; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house. ”
Judges 8:27 — Darby Translation
Judges 8:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Gideon made an Ephod thereof, and put it in Ophrah his citie: and all Israel went a whoring there after it, which was the destruction of Gideon and his house.”
Judges 8:27 — Geneva Bible
Judges 8:27 in Context — Judges 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.
26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
What Does Judges 8:27 Mean?
Judges 8:27 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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