Verse 2
Judges 8:2
Darby Translation
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And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם מֶה עָשִׂ֥יתִי עַתָּ֖ה כָּ/כֶ֑ם הֲ/ל֗וֹא ט֛וֹב עֹלְל֥וֹת אֶפְרַ֖יִם מִ/בְצִ֥יר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר
English Translation
And he said to them, "What have I done to you now? Is it not good to care for Ephraim from the harvest of Abiezer?"
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Chapter 8 Context
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And the men of Ephraim said to him, What is this thing thou hast done to us, that thou calledst us n...
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And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim b...
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Into your hands hath God (Elohim) delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I abl...
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And Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he and the three hundred men that were with him, f...
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And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me, f...
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And the chief men of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy hand, that we...
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And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah delivers Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will thresh your...
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8
And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner. And the men of Penuel answered hi...
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And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this t...
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Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camp with them, about fifteen thousand [men], all t...
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And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smo...
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12
And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them, and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah a...
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And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle, from the ascent of Heres.
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14
And he caught a youth of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the chie...
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15
And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me,...
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And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he taught...
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And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
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Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What sort of men were they that ye slew at Tabor? And they answe...
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And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. [As] Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them...
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And he said to Jether his firstborn, Arise, slay them! But the youth drew not his sword; for he fear...
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21
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall on us; for as is the man, so is his strength. And...
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22
And the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also;...
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And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah will...
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24
And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you: give me every man the earrings of his boot...
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And they said, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man...
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And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand seven hundred [shekels] of go...
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And Gideon made an ephod of them, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went thither a w...
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And Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And th...
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And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his house.
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Now Gideon had seventy sons who had come out of his loins, for he had many wives.
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And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name of Abimelec...
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And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his fat...
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And it came to pass when Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whori...
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And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God (Elohim), who had delivered them out of...
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And they shewed no kindness to the house of Jerubbaal-Gideon, according to all the good that he had...
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