Judges 8:2

He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

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WEBBE

He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

BSB

But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?

KJV

And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?

ASV

And he said unto them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

BBE

And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֲלֵיהֶם 'a·lei·hem to them H413 מֶה־ meh- what H4100 עָשִׂיתִי 'a·si·ti have I done H6213 עַתָּה 'a·tah now H6258 כָּכֶם ka·khem like (the) you H9036 הֲלוֹא ha·lo' ¿ not H3808 טוֹב tov good H2896 עֹלְלוֹת o·le·lot [are] [the] gleanings of H5955 אֶפְרַיִם 'ef·ra·yim Ephraim H669 מִבְצִיר miv·tzir more than [the] grape harvest of H1210 אֲבִיעֶזֶר 'a·vi·'e·zer Abiezer H44

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–3

Those who will not attempt or venture any thing in the cause of God, will be the most ready to censure and quarrel with such as are of a more zealous and enterprising spirit. And those who are the most backward to difficult services, will be the most angry not to have the credit of them. Gideon stands here as a great example of self-denial; and shows us that envy is best removed by humility. The Ephraimites had given vent to their passion in very wrong freedom of speech, a certain sign of a weak cause: reason runs low when chiding flies high.

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Cross-references

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People & places

EphraimAbiezer Abiezer

Topics

MeeknessGleaningAbiezer

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.