Judges 7:22
And the three hundred men nevertheless persisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into all the camp, and they killed one another,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et nihilominus insistebant trecenti viri buccinis personantes. Immisitque Dominus gladium omnibus castris, et mutua se cæde truncabant,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ἐν ταῖς τριακοσίαις κερατίναις, καὶ ἔθηκεν Κύριος τὴν ῥομφαίαν ἀνδρὸς ἐν τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ παρεμβολῇ· καὶ ἔφυγεν ἡ παρεμβολὴ ἕως Βηθσεεδτὰ Γαραγάθα, ἕως χεὶλους Ἀβωμεουλὰ ἐπὶ Ταβάθ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֮ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵא֣וֹת הַשּׁוֹפָרוֹת֒ וַיָּ֣שֶׂם יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֣ת חֶ֥רֶב אִ֛ישׁ בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ וּבְכָל הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיָּ֨נָס הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה עַד בֵּ֤ית הַשִּׁטָּה֙ צְֽרֵרָ֔תָה עַ֛ד שְׂפַת אָבֵ֥ל מְחוֹלָ֖ה עַל טַבָּֽת
The Fathers on this verse
St Ephrem the Syrian Ephraim Syrus: The Nisibene Hymns, Hymn LIX
1. Lo! Death for us on Satan, inflicts vengeance: come let us hear his shame and rejoice, for he rejoiced in our shame. 2. R., To Thee be glory from Thy flock, from Thee: are subdued both Death and Satan, under Thy Feet! 3. D ., Evil ones shall be hung upright, but thou, head downward: for, reversely, thou crucifiedst, Simon on the tree. 4. S ., Touching all else I am silent, Death, for my time wanes: Simon himself conjured me, “Crucify me thus.”, 5. Were it the just that cursed me, I had not grieved: the curse of Death unto me, is worse than hell. 6. D ., The shame of our Lord I have not spoken of, it is too great for my mouth: that I should weigh and compare His Passion, with Thy torment. 7. Twelve judgment thrones shall He set, for His Twelve: for by the twelve tribes thou, even thou, shall be condemned. 8. …