Judges 8:3

God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

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WEBBE

God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated towards him when he had said that.

BSB

God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

KJV

God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

ASV

God hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

BBE

God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

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בְּיֶדְכֶם be·yed·khem in hand your H3027 נָתַן na·tan he has given H5414 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him God H430 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 שָׂרֵי sa·rei [the] commanders of H8269 מִדְיָן mid·yan Midian H4080 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עֹרֵב 'o·rev Oreb H6159 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 זְאֵב ze·'ev Zeeb H2062 וּמַה־ u·mah- and what H4100 יָּכֹלְתִּי ya·kho·le·ti have I been able H3201 עֲשׂוֹת a·sot to do H6213 כָּכֶם ka·khem like (the) you H9036 אָז 'az then H227 רָפְתָה ra·fe·tah it relaxed H7503 רוּחָם ru·cham spirit their H7307 מֵעָלָיו me·'a·lav from on (the) him H5921 בְּדַבְּרוֹ be·da·be·ro when said he H1696 הַדָּבָר ha·da·var the word H1697 הַזֶּה ha·zeh (the) this H2088

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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MidianOrebZeeb Midian

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MeeknessOrebZeeb

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