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.”

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。」

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。”

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.”

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.”

A king isn’t saved just because his army is big. A soldier doesn’t escape just because he is very strong.

But he knows every step I take. When he has tested me, I’ll come out as pure as gold.

The Lord says to me,“ I have made you like one who tests metals. My people are the ore. I want you to watch them and test the way they live.All of them are used to disobeying me. They go around telling lies about others. They are like bronze mixed with iron. All of them do very sinful things.The fire is made very hot so the lead will burn away. But it is impossible to make these people pure. Those who are evil are not removed.They are like silver that is thrown away. That is because I have not accepted them.”

God, you always do what is right. You look deep down inside the hearts and minds of people. Bring to an end the terrible things sinful people do. Make godly people safe.

Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him,“ Abraham!”“ Here I am,” Abraham replied.

God, you have tested us. You put us through fire to make us like silver.

But who can live through the day when he comes? Who will be left standing when he appears? He will be like a fire that makes things pure. He will be like soap that makes things clean.He will act like one who makes silver pure. And he will purify the Levites, just as gold and silver are purified with fire. Then these men will bring proper offerings to the Lord.

But the Lord said to Samuel,“ Do not consider how handsome or tall he is. I have not chosen him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outside of a person. But the Lord looks at what is in the heart.”

Jonathan spoke to the young man carrying his armor. He said,“ Come on. Let’s go over to the camp of those fellows who aren’t circumcised. Perhaps the Lord will help us. If he does, it won’t matter how many or how few of us there are. That won’t keep the Lord from saving us.”