Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
- BSB Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
- NKJV When Gideon came to the Jordan, he and the three hundred men who were with him crossed over, exhausted but still in pursuit.
- NASB Then Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, exhausted yet still pursuing.
- NLT Gideon then crossed the Jordan River with his 300 men, and though exhausted, they continued to chase the enemy.
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Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Cor 4:16Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
- Gal 6:9Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
- 1 Sam 30:10But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
- Heb 12:1–4Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- 1 Sam 14:28–29Then one of the people answered, and said, “Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’” The people were faint.
- 2 Cor 4:8–9We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
- Judg 7:25They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at Oreb’s rock, and Zeeb they killed at Zeeb’s wine press; and pursued Midian. Then they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
- 1 Sam 14:31–32They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;
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