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基甸追赶米甸王

以法莲人对基甸说:“你去与米甸争战,没有召我们同去,你为什么这样待我们呢?”他们就和基甸激烈地争吵。 基甸对他们说:“我现在所做的怎么与你们所做的相比呢?以法莲拾取剩下的葡萄不强过亚比以谢族所摘的葡萄吗?  神已把米甸的两个领袖俄立西伊伯交在你们手中;我所做的怎能与你们所做的相比呢?”基甸说了这话,他们对他的怒气就消了。

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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.

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?

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.

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Gideon Subdues the Midianites

Now (A)the men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you done this to us by not calling us when you went to fight with the Midianites?” And they reprimanded him sharply.

So he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the [a]gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than [b]the vintage of (B)Abiezer? (C)God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. And what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their (D)anger toward him subsided when he said that.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:2 Few grapes left after the harvest
  2. Judges 8:2 The whole harvest