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Judges 8:24

New American Standard Bible

24 Yet Gideon said to them, โ€œI would request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.โ€ (For they had gold earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

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American Standard Version

And Gideon said unto them, I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

Christian Standard Bible

Then he said to them, โ€œLet me make a request of you: Everyone give me an earring from his plunder.โ€ Now the enemy had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.

English Standard Version

And Gideon said to them, โ€œLet me make a request of you: every one of you give me the earrings from his spoil.โ€ (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

King James Version

And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

New International Version

And he said, โ€œI do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder.โ€ (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)

New King James Version

Then Gideon said to them, โ€œI would like to make a request of you, that each of you would give me the earrings from his plunder.โ€ For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.

New Living Translation

However, I do have one requestโ€”that each of you give me an earring from the plunder you collected from your fallen enemies.โ€ (The enemies, being Ishmaelites, all wore gold earrings.)

World English Bible

Gideon said to them, โ€œI do have a request: that you would each give me the earrings of his plunder.โ€ (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)