Judges 8:13

Green's Literal Translation

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle, at the ascent of Mount Heres.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the Ascent of Heres.

Hebrew Names Version
Gid`on the son of Yo'ash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

King James Version
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

Lexham English Bible
Then Gideon son of Jehoash returned from the battle by way of the ascent of Heres.

English Standard Version
Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.

New Century Version
Then Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the Pass of Heres.

New English Translation
Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass of Heres.

Amplified Bible
Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.

New American Standard Bible
Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So Gideon the sonne of Ioash returned from battel, the sunne being yet hie,

Legacy Standard Bible
wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.

Contemporary English Version
After the battle, Gideon set out for home. As he was going through Heres Pass,

Complete Jewish Bible
When Gid‘on the son of Yo'ash returned from the battle by way of the Heres Pass,

Darby Translation
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle, from the ascent of Heres.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle. He and his men returned by going through a mountain pass called the Pass of Heres.

George Lamsa Translation
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle at the slope of Hadas.

Good News Translation
When Gideon was returning from the battle by way of Heres Pass,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan Gedeon ye sonne of Ioas came agayne fro the battayll out of ye east,

American Standard Version
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

Bible in Basic English
Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Gedeon the sonne of Ioas, returned from battel afore the sunne was vp,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

King James Version (1611)
And Gideon the sonne of Ioash returned from battel before the Sunne was vp,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the battle, down from the battle of Ares.

English Revised Version
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

Berean Standard Bible
After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he turnede ayen fro batel bifor the `risyng of the sunne,

Young's Literal Translation
And Gideon son of Joash turneth back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,

Update Bible Version
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun [had risen],

World English Bible
Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

New King James Version
Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle, from the Ascent of Heres.

New Living Translation
After this, Gideon returned from the battle by way of Heres Pass.

New Life Bible
Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the way of Heres.

New Revised Standard
When Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle, - from the ascent of Heres;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And returning from the battle before the sun rising,

Revised Standard Version
Then Gideon the son of Jo'ash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.

THE MESSAGE
Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by way of the Heres Pass. He captured a young man from Succoth and asked some questions. The young man wrote down the names of the officials and leaders of Succoth, seventy-seven men. Then Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, "Here are the wild geese, Zebah and Zalmunna, you said I'd never catch. You wouldn't give so much as a scrap of bread to my worn-out men; you taunted us, saying that we were on a fool's errand."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.

Contextual Overview

⁴ And Gideon came to the Jordan, he crossing over, and three hundred who were with him, being weary, yet pursuing. ⁵ And he said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the people at my feet, for they are weary; and I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian. ⁶ And the rulers of Succoth said, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army? ⁷ And Gideon said, Because of this, when Jehovah has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I shall thresh your flesh with thorns of the wilderness and with briers. ⁸ And he went up from there to Penuel, and spoke to them in this same way. And the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered. ⁹ And he also spoke to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come back in peace, I will break down this tower. ¹⁰ And Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand, all who were left of all the army of the sons of the east. And those who fell were a hundred and twenty thousand men drawing sword. ¹¹ And Gideon went up the way of those who live in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army was at ease. ¹² And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he chased them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna. And he caused all the army to tremble. ¹³ And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle, at the ascent of Mount Heres.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

before: The words milmaaleh haichaires should, most probably be rendered "from the ascent of Chares;" which is the reading of the LXX Syriac, Arabic, and Houbigant. Judges 8:13

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day all the fountains of the great deep were risen, and the windows of the heavens were opened up.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle,.... To Penuel and Succoth, to chastise them for their ill treatment of him and his men:

before the sun was up; by which it appears that it was in the night that he fell upon the host at Karkor, which must be the night following; it could not be the same night in which he had defeated them in the valley of Jezreel; though Vatablus thinks this battle was begun and finished in one night; but there were, according to this history, so many things done after the first defeat, as sending messengers to Mount Ephraim and the Ephraimites, upon the taking the fords of Jordan, and bringing the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, expostulating with him, and his answer to them, and his stay at Succoth and Penuel; which make it more probable that the day following was spent in the pursuit, and that it was the night after that that the whole affair was finished; and before sunrise Gideon returned to Penuel and Succoth again; so Ben Gersom and Abarbinel; but according to the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, this phrase is to be rendered, "before the sunset", while it yet appeared, and was above the horizon; and so it must be in the daytime that he pursued the two kings and took them, and returned before sunset. Abendana observes the word for "sun" may be the name of a place, and so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions call it the ascent of Ares or Heres; as if it was the name of the place from whence Gideon returned, so called in like manner as the ascent of Akrabbim, and the like.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Before the sun was up - The translation of the words is doubtful, because of the rarity of the word rendered “sun” (חרס cheres). Many suppose it to be the name of a mountain pass, and render it from the ascent of Heres.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 8:13. Returned from battle before the sun was up] This does not appear to be a proper translation of מלמעלה החרס milmaaleh hechares. It should be rendered from the ascent of Chares: this is the reading of the Septuagint, the Syriac, and the Arabic.