Księga Sędziów 8:24

Biblia Tysiąclecia

Nadto rzekł do nich Giedeon: Będę was prosił o jednę rzecz, aby mi każdy z was dał nausznicę z łupu swego; (bo nausznice złote mieli, będąc Ismaelczykami.)

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
K temu rzekł do nich Gedeon: Niechaj to tylko u was uproszę aby mi każdy z was dał nausznicę każdy z łupu swego. Bo iż byli Izmaelitowie, tedy mieli nausznice złote.

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Nadto rzekł do nich Giedeon: Będę was prosił o jednę rzecz, aby mi każdy z was dał nausznicę z łupu swego; (bo nausznice złote mieli, będąc Ismaelczykami.)

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
Przy tym jednak Gedeon powiedział: Chciałbym was o coś poprosić. Proszę, niech każdy z was da mi kolczyk ze swojego łupu. Pokonani bowiem mieli złote kolczyki, ponieważ byli Ismaelitami.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Nadto Gideon do nich powiedział: Chciałbym was o coś poprosić. Niech każdy da mi pierścionki, które zdobył; gdyż nosili złote pierścionki, bo byli Iszmaelitami.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
Gedeon powiedział jeszcze do nich: Będę was prosił o jedną rzecz, aby każdy z was dał mi kolczyki ze swego łupu. Mieli bowiem złote kolczyki, bo byli Izmaelitami.

Biblia Warszawska
Rzekł jeszcze do nich Gedeon: Chciałbym was o coś poprosić; niech mi każdy z was da kolczyki ze swojego łupu. Złupieni mieli bowiem złote kolczyki, ponieważ byli Ismaelitami.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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.