Judges 8:1

And the men of Ephraim say to him, “What [is] this thing you have done to us—not to call for us when you went to fight with Midian?” And they strive with him severely;

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2and he says to them, “What have I now done like you? Are the gleanings of Ephraim not better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:41And behold, all the men of Israel are coming to the king, and they say to the king, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you—and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?”

Job 5:2For provocation slays the perverse, || And envy puts to death the simple,

Ecclesiastes 4:4And I have seen all the labor, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbor. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.

James 4:5Or, do you think that the Writing says emptily, “The Spirit that has dwelt in us yearns with envy,”

Matthew Henry on Judges 8:1

This chapter gives us a further account of Gideon's victory over the Midianites, with the residue of the story of his life and government. I. Gideon prudently pacifies the offended Ephraimites, ver. 1-3 . II. He bravely pursues the flying Midianites, ver. 4 , 10-12 . III. He justly chastises the insolence of the men of Succoth and Penuel, who basely abused him ( ver. 5-9 ), and were reckoned with for it, ver. 13-17 . IV. He honourably slays the two kings of Midian, ver. 18-21 . V. After all this he modestly… Read the whole commentary →

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