^8:24Gideon continued,⁴³ “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.”⁴⁴ (The Midianites⁴⁵ had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

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Footnotes

43 Heb “said to them.”
44 Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”
45 Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give to me an ornamental ring from his plunder.” (They had ornamental rings of gold, because they were Ishmaelites.)

KJV 1900King 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.)

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