Judges 8:4

And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

In Context

3God 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.

5And he said unto the men of Succoth: 'Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.'

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:28Then answered one of the people, and said: 'Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying: Cursed be the man that eateth food this day; and the people are faint.'

1 Samuel 30:8And David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them?' And He answered him: 'Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all.'

Matthew Henry on Judges 8:2-4

Gideon Pacifies the Ephraimites. ( b. c. 1249.) 1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. 2 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 Abiezer? 3 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… Read the whole commentary →

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