Judges 7:16,20 - Compare All Versions
Judges 7:16 NIV (New International Version)
Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside.
Judges 7:20 NIV (New International Version)
The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Judges 7:16 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.
Judges 7:20 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Judges 7:16 NLT (New Living Translation)
He divided the 300 men into three groups and gave each man a ram’s horn and a clay jar with a torch in it.
Judges 7:20 NLT (New Living Translation)
Then all three groups blew their horns and broke their jars. They held the blazing torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, and they all shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Judges 7:16 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each of the men a ram’s horn in one hand and an empty pitcher with a torch inside it in the other hand.
Judges 7:20 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
The three companies blew their rams’ horns and shattered their pitchers. They held their torches in their left hands and their rams’ horns to blow in their right hands, and they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon! ”
Judges 7:16 KJV (King James Version)
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.
Judges 7:20 KJV (King James Version)
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Judges 7:16 NKJV (New King James Version)
Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet into every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers.
Judges 7:20 NKJV (New King James Version)
Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers—they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing—and they cried, “The sword of the LORD and of Gideon!”
Judges 7:16-18 MSG (The Message)
He divided the three hundred men into three companies. He gave each man a trumpet and an empty jar, with a torch in the jar. He said, “Watch me and do what I do. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly what I do. When I and those with me blow the trumpets, you also, all around the camp, blow your trumpets and shout, ‘For GOD and for Gideon!’”
Judges 7:19-22 MSG (The Message)
Gideon and his hundred men got to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the sentries had been posted. They blew the trumpets, at the same time smashing the jars they carried. All three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands, ready to blow, and shouted, “A sword for GOD and for Gideon!” They were stationed all around the camp, each man at his post. The whole Midianite camp jumped to its feet. They yelled and fled. When the three hundred blew the trumpets, GOD aimed each Midianite’s sword against his companion, all over the camp. They ran for their lives—to Beth Shittah, toward Zererah, to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.
Judges 7:16 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
And he divided the three hundred men into three units, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.
Judges 7:20 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
When the three units blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing, and shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Judges 7:16 AMP (Amplified Bible)
He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.
Judges 7:20 AMP (Amplified Bible)
When three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow, and they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Judges 7:16 NET (New English Translation)
He divided the three hundred men into three units. He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.
Judges 7:20 NET (New English Translation)
All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. Then they yelled, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”