Judges 7:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Judges 7:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Reduction of Gideon's Army. This section teaches that Yahweh is the giver of victory, and that it is as easy for Him to save by few as by many ( 1 Samuel 14:6 ). The spring of Harod (trembling,...
Judges 7:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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. The number of them that lap...
Judges 7:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every o...
Judges 7:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rout of Midian 1-7. Gideon's choice of his Followers.
Judges 7:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That lapped, putting their hand to their mouth. — Literally, licked with their hand to their mouth. All the rest of the people — i.e., 9,700 men.
Judges 7:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

"THE PEOPLE ARE YET TOO MANY" Judges 6:33-40 ; Judges 7:1-7 ANOTHER day of hope and energy has dawned. One hillside at least rises sunlit out of darkness with the altar of Jehovah on its summi...
Judges 7:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Quantity versus Quality Judges 7:1-8 “No king is saved by the multitude of an host,” Psalms 33:16 . God does not need multitudes. It is false to say that He is “on the side of the heaviest ba...
Judges 7:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the story of perhaps one of the most remarkable conflicts in the whole history of the people. As we have seen, it was a time when they had been cruelly oppressed as the result of disobedience...
Judges 7:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a strange process, according to human ideas, was this of the Lord's, for pointing out to Gideon the army by which the Lord would conquer Midian. But Reader! turn your thoughts to a yet more asto...
Judges 7:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth ,.... That is, that took up water in the hollow of their hands, which they lifted up to their mouths, and so lapped it, as the E...
Judges 7:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 6. Were three hundr...
Judges 7:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That lapped Taking up a little water in the palm of their hands. It is probable that Gideon, upon this occasion, commanded his whole army to leave their baggage behind them, and among that the vess...
Judges 7:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ISRAEL'S ARMY REDUCED BY GOD (vv. 1-9) Gideon's influence had gathered 32,000 men, and they encamped south of the encampment of the Midianites, prepared for battle (v. 1).Compared to Midian, thi...
Judges 7:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Gideon's Three Hundred Men. B. C. 1249. 1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the p...
Judges 7:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Putting their hand to their mouth; taking up a little water in the palm of their hands to put into their mouths.
Judges 7:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And 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.' Now, no doubt to Gideon's di...
Judges 7:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE ARMY OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE I. The Diminution of its Numbers Judges 7:1-8 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 7:1 . Then Jerubbaal .] The name is given as the challenger of Baal , the man wh...
Judges 7:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were...
Judges 7:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 7:1 . The well of Harod; equivalent to terror, from the panic of the Midianites. It is situate on the south side of Gilboa. Judges 7:2 . The people with thee are too many, while human f...
Judges 7:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Gideon . .. pitched beside the wall of Harod. Gideon’s army I. The Lord called him to fight. The world must see, now and then, the gigantic crimes of a mere man turned back by rival arms upo...
Judges 7:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 7:1 Jerubbaal . The mention of this name seems intended to keep before our minds that it is emphatically the servant of the Lord who is going forth to victory. The well...
Judges 7:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Army Reduced.
Judges 7:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 7:6
Judges 7:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon Judges 7:1-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are coming to our second study concerning Gideon. We are sure that many things of value will be found in this remarkable...
Judges 7:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That lapped — Taking up a little water in the palm of their hands.

Judges 7:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 7:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 7:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 7:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 7:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 7:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 7:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 7:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 7:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 7:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 7:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 7:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 7:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 7:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 7:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 7:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 7:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 7:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 7:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 7:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 7:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 7:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 7:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 7:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Judges 7:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes