He ordered Jether his firstborn son, “Come on! ¹  Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, ²  because he was still young.

biblegateway Jdg 8:20

So he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise, kill them." But the youth did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.

Then he said to Jether, his firstborn, "Get up and kill them." The youth did not draw his sword, because he was afraid, for he was still a youth.

Then he told Jether, his firstborn son, "Get up and kill them!" But Jether didn’t draw his sword. He was afraid because he was only a young man.

biblegateway Jdg 8:20

Turning to Jether, his oldest son, he said, "Kill them!" But Jether did not draw his sword, because he was only a boy and was afraid.

So he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise and kill them!" But the young man did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a young man.

bibleoremus Jdg 8:20

So he said to Jether his firstborn, "Go kill them!" But the boy did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a boy.

Then he said to his eldest son Jether, “Stand up and kill them.” But he was still only a lad, and did not draw his sword, because he was afraid.

biblegateway Jdg 8:20

And he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise, kill them!" But the youth would not draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.

And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet a youth.

biblegateway Jdg 8:20

He ordered Jether his firstborn son, “Come on! ¹  Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, ²  because he was still young.

¹ tn Or “Arise!”

² tn Heb “did not draw his sword for he was afraid.”