Judges 8:16

WEB

¹⁶He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

KJV

¹⁶And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

BSB

¹⁶Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.

FBV

¹⁶So he took the town elders of Succoth and taught them a lesson using thorns and briers from the desert.

Extra References

Proverbs 19:29

²⁹Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 10:13

¹³Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

Judges 8:7

⁷Gideon said, “Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”

Ezra 2:6

⁶The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.

Micah 7:4

⁴The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.