耶和華對基甸說：“人還是太多，你要領他們下到水旁去，我要在那裡為你試驗他們。我指著誰對你說：‘這人可以與你同去’，他就可以與你同去；我指著誰對你說：‘這人不可以與你同去’，他就不可以與你同去。”

耶和华对基甸说：“人还是过多；你要带他们下到水旁，我好在那里为你试试他们。我指点谁说：‘这人可以同你去’，他就可以同你去；我指点谁说：‘这人不可同你去’，他就不可同你去。”

耶和华对基甸说：“人还是太多。你要带他们下到水旁，我好在那里为你试试他们。我指着谁对你说：‘这人可以跟你去’，他就可以跟你去；我指着谁对你说：‘这人不可跟你去’，他就不可跟你去。”

耶和华对基甸说：“人还是太多。你要带他们下到水旁，我好在那里为你试试他们。我指着谁对你说：‘这人可以跟你去’，他就可以跟你去；我指着谁对你说：‘这人不可跟你去’，他就不可跟你去。”

但耶和华对基甸说：“人还是太多，你带他们到下面的泉水边，我会在那里为你挑选人员。”

耶和华对基甸说：“人还是太多，你要领他们下到水旁去，我要在那里为你试验他们。我指着谁对你说：‘这人可以与你同去’，他就可以与你同去；我指着谁对你说：‘这人不可以与你同去’，他就不可以与你同去。”

耶和華對基甸說：「人還是過多；你要帶他們下到水旁，我好在那裏為你試試他們。我指點誰說：『這人可以同你去』，他就可以同你去；我指點誰說：『這人不可同你去』，他就不可同你去。」

耶和華對基甸說：「人還是太多。你要帶他們下到水旁，我好在那裏為你試試他們。我指着誰對你說：『這人可以跟你去』，他就可以跟你去；我指着誰對你說：『這人不可跟你去』，他就不可跟你去。」

耶和華對基甸說：「人還是太多。你要帶他們下到水旁，我好在那裏為你試試他們。我指着誰對你說：『這人可以跟你去』，他就可以跟你去；我指着誰對你說：『這人不可跟你去』，他就不可跟你去。」

但耶和華對基甸說：「人還是太多，你帶他們到下面的泉水邊，我會在那裡為你挑選人員。」

永恆主對基甸說：『人還是太多；你要帶着他們下到水邊，我好在那裏為你一試他們：我指着誰對你說：「這個人可以同你去」，他就可以同你去；我指着誰對你說：「這個人不可同你去」，他就不可同你去。』

耶和華又諭基甸曰、民猶過眾、導至水濱、我將為爾試之、所言可偕爾往者、則偕往、不可偕爾往者、則不偕往、

耶和華諭其田曰、從者猶眾、導至水濱、我為爾試之、可偕爾行者則與之偕、不可偕爾行者則不與之偕、爾當悉循我所示焉。

主又諭基甸曰、民猶過眾、令民下至水濱、在彼我為爾將試之、我所指示者曰、此人可偕爾往、則可往、我所指示者曰、此人不可偕爾往、則不可往、

But the Lord said to Gideon,“ There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say,‘ This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say,‘ This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

The Lord said to Gideon,“ There are still too many men. So take them down to the water. There I will reduce the number of them for you. If I say,‘ This one will go with you,’ he will go. But if I say,‘ That one will not go with you,’ he will not go.”

And the Lord said to Gideon,“ The people are still too many. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there, and anyone of whom I say to you,‘ This one shall go with you,’ shall go with you, and anyone of whom I say to you,‘ This one shall not go with you,’ shall not go.”

But the Lord told Gideon,“ There are still too many! Bring them down to the spring, and I will test them to determine who will go with you and who will not.”

Then the LORD said to Gideon,“ There are still too many troops. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. If I say to you,‘ This one can go with you,’ he can go. But if I say about anyone,‘ This one cannot go with you,’ he cannot go.”

Then the Lord said to Gideon,“ The people are still too many; bring them down to the water and I will test them for you there. So it shall be that he of whom I say to you,‘ This one shall go with you,’ he shall go with you; but everyone of whom I say to you,‘ This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

But the Lord said to Gideon,“ The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you,‘ This one shall go with you,’ the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you,‘ This one shall not go with you,’ the same shall not go.”

And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

Then the Lord said to Gideon,“ There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. If I say to you,‘ This one can go with you,’ he can go. But if I say about anyone,‘ This one cannot go with you,’ he cannot go.”

And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people[ are] yet[ too] many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be,[ that] of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

The LORD spoke to Gideon again,“ There are still too many men. Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. When I say,‘ This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; when I say,‘ This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.”

Yahweh said to Gideon,“ There are still too many people. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. It shall be, that those whom I tell you,‘ This shall go with you,’ shall go with you; and whoever I tell you,‘ This shall not go with you,’ shall not go.”

君王不是因兵多得勝，勇士不是因力大得救。

可是他知道我所行的道路，他試煉我以後，我必像精金出現。

“我使你在我子民中作鑒辨和試驗的（按照《馬索拉文本》，“試驗的”作“高臺”;現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯），好讓你查察、鑒別他們的行徑。”他們都是十分悖逆的人，到處搬弄是非。他們是銅是鐵，他們都是敗壞的。風箱猛烈地吹，鉛在火中銷熔；他們煉而又煉，徒勞無功，因為邪惡的仍未除去。人要稱他們為被棄的銀渣，因為耶和華把他們棄絕了。

願惡人的惡行止息，願你使義人堅立。公義的神啊！你是察驗人心腸肺腑的。

這些事以後，神試驗亞伯拉罕，對他說：“亞伯拉罕啊！”他回答：“我在這裡。”

神啊！你試煉了我們，熬煉了我們，如同熬煉銀子一般。

可是，他來的日子，誰能當得起呢？他顯現的時候，誰能站立得住呢？因為他像煉金之人的火，又像漂布之人的鹼。他必坐著，像熬煉和潔淨銀子的人；他必潔淨利未人，煉淨他們像煉淨金銀一樣。這樣，他們就會憑公義獻禮物給耶和華。

但耶和華對撒母耳說：“不要看他的外貌和他高大的身材，因為我不揀選他。耶和華看人不像人看人，人是看外表，耶和華是看內心。”

約拿單對替他拿武器的僕人說：“來！我們過到這些未受割禮的人的駐軍那裡去，也許耶和華會為我們動工，因為不論人多或人少，都不能妨礙耶和華施行拯救。”