Translations
Yahweh said to Gideon, "There are still too many. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. When I tell you, 'This man goes with you,' he goes. And when I say, 'This man stays behind,' he stays."
YHWH said to Gid'on, "The people are still too many. Bring them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. Whoever I say shall go with you, he shall go; and whoever I say shall not go with you, he shall not 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.
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

