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Judges 8

Judg. 8:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, What have I done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning
`olelah (Hebrew #5955)
only in plural gleanings; by extens. gleaning-time
KJV usage: (gleaning) (of the) grapes, grapegleanings.
Pronounce: o-lay-law'
Origin: feminine active participle of 5953
of the grapes of Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
than the vintage
batsiyr (Hebrew #1210)
clipped, i.e. the grape crop
KJV usage: vintage.
Pronounce: baw-tseer'
Origin: from 1219
of Abiezer
'Abiy`ezer (Hebrew #44)
father of help (i.e. helpful); Abiezer, the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Abiezer.
Pronounce: ab-ee-ay'-zer
Origin: from 1 and 5829
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Abiezer,
Ephraim,
Gleaning,
Grapes,
Vintage

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Cor. 13:4‑7• 4Love is long-suffering, is kind; love is not emulous, is not vain-glorious, is not puffed up,
 5doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not its own things, is not easily provoked, reckoneth not the evil,
 6rejoiceth not over iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth,
 7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (1 Cor. 13:4‑7)
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Gal. 5:14‑15• 14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
 15But if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed by one another. (Gal. 5:14‑15)
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Phil. 2:2‑3• 2fulfil my joy, that ye may mind the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, minding the one thing:
 3nothing in strifefulness, or vainglory, but in lowly-mindedness esteeming one another more excellent than themselves: (Phil. 2:2‑3)
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James 1:19‑20• 19Ye know [it], my brethren beloved, but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
 20for man's wrath worketh not God's righteousness. (James 1:19‑20)
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James 3:13‑18• 13Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show out of his good conduct his works in meekness of wisdom.
 14But if ye have bitter emulation and faction in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal.
 16For where envying and faction [are], there disorder [is] and every bad deed.
 17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, uncontentious, impartial.
 18And righteousness' fruit in peace is being sown for those that make peace. (James 3:13‑18)
Is not the.That is, the Ephraimites have performed more important services than Gideon and his men had achieved.Abiezer.
Judg. 6:11,34• 11And there came an angel of Jehovah, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
 34{i}And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Gideon, and he blew the trumpet, and the Abi-ezrites were gathered after him.{/i} (Judg. 6:11,34)
• The book of Judges gives us three examples of similar contentions: the case of Gideon, that of Jephthah, and that of the eleven tribes against Benjamin. Here trouble was avoided, and a breach prevented. Later on, it was not so. (“Gideon: Difficulties and Snares in Service: Judges 8:1-23” by H.L. Rossier)
• The servant that Jehovah had used for this great deliverance, took care not to speak of himself. He devoted his attention to what God had done by the hands of his brethren. (“Gideon: Difficulties and Snares in Service: Judges 8:1-23” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. 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?

W. Kelly Translation

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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?