Judges 7:6
Gideon’s Army of Three Hundred
5So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”6And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
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Berean Standard Bible
And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
Bible in Basic English
Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.
Free Bible Version
Three hundred lapped water from their hands to their mouths. All the rest knelt down to drink the water.
Geneva Bible 1599
And the nomber of them that lapped by putting their handes to their mouthes, were three hundreth men: but all the remnant of the people kneeled downe vpon their knees to drinke water.
King James (Authorized) Version
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
Translation for Translators
So when they drank, only 300 men drank from their hands. All the others drank with their mouths down in the water.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Three hundred men lapped. The rest of the men kneeled down to drink water.
Noah Webster Bible
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
World English Bible
The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
Young's Literal Translation
And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.