Judges 8:9

9 So he said to the men of Peniel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower.”

Judges 8:9 in Other Translations

9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

9 And he said to the men of Penuel, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. ”

9 So he said to the people of Peniel, “After I return in victory, I will tear down this tower.”

9 Gideon told them, "When I return safe and sound, I'll demolish this tower."

9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

9 So he told them, "When I come back after my victory, I'll tear down this tower."

9 He also told the men of Penuel, "When I return in peace, I will tear down this tower!"

9 So he said to the men of Peniel, "I'll be back after I've won the battle. Then I'll tear down this tower."

Judges 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 9 And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel
In a threatening way, as he had spoken to the men of Succoth: saying, when I come again in peace: having conquered all his enemies, and delivered Israel from their bondage, and restored peace and prosperity to them, of which he had no doubt:

I will break down this tower;
pointing to it and which stood in their city, and in which they placed their confidence; and when he threatened them, boasted of it as their security.

Judges 8:9 In-Context

7 Then Gideon replied, “Just for that, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers.”

8 From there he went up to Peniel and made the same request of them, but they answered as the men of Sukkoth had.

9 So he said to the men of Peniel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower.”

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen.

11 Gideon went up by the route of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the unsuspecting army.

Cross References

• 1. ver 17