Hakim-hakim 8:24

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Selanjutnya kata Gideon kepada mereka: "Satu hal saja yang kuminta kepadamu: Baiklah kamu masing-masing memberikan anting-anting dari jarahannya." --Karena musuh itu beranting-anting mas, sebab mereka orang Ismael.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Selanjutnya kata Gideon kepada mereka: "Satu hal saja yang kuminta kepadamu: Baiklah kamu masing-masing memberikan anting-anting dari jarahannya." --Karena musuh itu beranting-anting mas, sebab mereka orang Ismael.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Dan lagi kata Gideon kepada mereka itu: Satu perkara sahaja yang kupinta kepadamu: hendaklah masing-masing kamu memberikan daku sebuah taparam dari pada jarahannya, karena musuh itu bertaparam sebab orang Ismail adanya.

Contextual Overview

²² Then the men of Israel sayde vnto Gedeon: Raigne thou ouer vs, both thou, thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne, for thou hast deliuered vs out of ye hand of Madian. ²³ And Gedeon sayd vnto them: I wyll not raigne ouer you, neither shall my childe raigne ouer you: but the Lorde shall raigne ouer you. ²⁴ And agayne Gedeon said vnto them: I would desire a request of you, euen that you would geue me euery man the earinges of his pray. For they had golden earinges, because they were Israelites. ²⁵ And they aunswered: We will gyue them. And they spread a mantell, and dyd cast therin euery man the earynges of his pray. ²⁶ And the wayght of ye golden earinges that he required, was a thousand and seuen hundred sicles of golde, besyde chaynes and iewelles, and purple rayment that was on the kynges of Madian, and besyde the chaynes that were about their camels neckes. ²⁷ And Gedeon made an Ephod therof, and put it in his citie Ephrah: And all Israel went a whoryng after it in the same place, which thing became a ruyne vnto Gedeon and to his house. ²⁸ Thus was Madian brought lowe before the children of Israel, so that they lyft vp their heades no more: And the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeres in the dayes of Gedeon.

Bible Verse Review
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give me: Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:53, Exodus 12:35, Exodus 32:3, 1 Peter 3:3-5

because: Genesis 16:10, Genesis 16:11, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 37:28, 1 Samuel 25:11, 1 Kings 20:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:4 - earrings Exodus 32:2 - General Deuteronomy 7:25 - snared 2 Chronicles 20:25 - precious jewels Ezekiel 16:11 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you,.... Which he thought they would scarcely deny, and it was now a fair opportunity to make it, since they had offered him a crown, or to be king over them: and the favour he asked was,

that you would give me every man the earrings of his prey; or, "an earring of his prey"; for it is in the singular number; every man one earring, as Abarbinel interprets it; for though they might have more, yet only one ear ring of every man is desired:

for they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites; so the Midianites and Ishmaelites are spoken of as the same, they being mixed and dwelling together, or very near each other, Genesis 37:25 and Kimchi accounts for it thus, why the Midianites are called Ishmaelites; because they were the sons of Keturah, and Keturah was Hagar the mother of Ishmael. The Targum calls them Arabians, and who it seems used to wear earrings, as men in the eastern countries did; see

Genesis 35:4. So Pliny says c in the east it was reckoned ornamental for men to wear gold in their ears.

c Nat. Hist. l. 11. c. 37.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In this desire for gold Gideon falls to the level of ordinary men, and we may see in it the first decline of his glory, leading to a sad tarnishing of the luster of his bright name. The idolatrous honor paid to Gideon’s ephod was probably a source of revenue to his house. Contrast the conduct of Abraham Genesis 14:21-23, and of Elisha 2Ki 5:16, 2 Kings 5:26.

The “ear-ring” here mentioned is properly a “nose-ring” (compare Genesis 24:22 note). The custom of wearing nose-rings prevails in Eastern countries to the present day. The circumstance of Job’s friends each contributing a nose-ring of gold (Job 42:11 note) is a remarkable parallel to the incident in Gideon’s history. Rings of gold were also used as money in Egypt, as appears on several early monuments, and by the Celts.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 8:24. Give me every man the ear-rings of his prey. — The spoils taken from their enemies in this warfare. This is a transaction very like to that of the Israelites and Aaron; when they brought him their golden ear-rings, out of which he made the molten calf, Exodus 32:2, c. Whether Gideon designed this ephod for an instrument of worship, or merely as a trophy, is not very clear. It is most likely that he had intended to establish a place of worship at Ophrah and he took this occasion to provide the proper sacerdotal vestments.