⁷And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having ^†their thumbs and their great toes cut off, ^||gathered their meat under my table: ^eas I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

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†Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet. So ver. 6.
||Or, gleaned. Ruth 2:2, 7, &c. Comp. Luke 16:21.
eSo Lev. 24:19. 1 Sam. 15:33. James 2:13. Comp. ver. 21.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

NLTNew Living Translation

Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; just as I have done, so God has repaid to me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.