◄ Judges 8:9 ►
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Good News Translation
So he said to them, "I am going to come back safe and sound, and when I do, I will tear this tower down!"

New Revised Standard Version
So he said to the people of Penuel, “When I come back victorious, I will break down this tower.”

Contemporary English Version
"I'll come back safe and sound," Gideon said, "but when I do, I'm going to tear down your tower!"

New American Bible
So to the people of Penuel, too, he said, “When I return in peace, I will demolish this tower.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
He said, therefore, to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy this tower.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He said, therefore, to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy this tower.

I come

1 Kings 22:27,28 And tell them: Thus saith the king: Put this man in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, and water of distress till I return in peace. . . .

I will break

Judges 8:17 And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.

Context
Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna
…8And going up from thence, he came to Phanuel: and he spoke the like things to the men of that place. And they also answered him, as the men of Soccoth had answered. 9He said, therefore, to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy this tower.10But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword were slain.…
Cross References
Judges 8:17
And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.

Judges 8:10
But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword were slain.

Judges 8:8
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