14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel eight years.

Other Translations of Judges 12:14

King James Version

14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, nephews: Heb. sons' sons that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

English Standard Version

14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel eight years.

The Message

14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel eight years.

New King James Version

14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy young donkeys. He judged Israel eight years.

New Living Translation

14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 12:14

Commentary on Judges 12:8-15

(Read Judges 12:8-15)

We have here a short account of three more of the judges of Israel. The happiest life of individuals, and the happiest state of society, is that which affords the fewest remarkable events. To live in credit and quiet, to be peacefully useful to those around us, to possess a clear conscience; but, above all, and without which nothing can avail, to enjoy communion with God our Saviour while we live, and to die at peace with God and man, form the substance of all that a wise man can desire.