Judges Chapter 8 verse 3 Holy Bible
God 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.
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God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.
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God has given into your hands the princes of Mid'ian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger against him was abated, when he had said this.
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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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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, when he had said that, their anger towards him abated.
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God has 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.
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Into your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?' Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Then their anger was abated towards him.--The soft answer turned away wrath (Proverbs 15:1). The word for anger is mach, "wind," or "spirit"--anger expressed by fierce breathing through the nostrils, "the blast of the terrible ones" (Isaiah 25:4). (Comp. Ecclesiastes 10:4 : "If the spirit (ruach) of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.") "Gideon's good words were as victorious as his sword."--Bp. Hall.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewGodאֱלֹהִ֜ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativehas deliveredנָתַ֨ן (nā·ṯan)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, setOrebעֹרֵ֣ב (‘ō·rêḇ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 6159: Oreb -- a Midianiteand Zeeb,זְאֵ֔ב (zə·’êḇ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 2062: Zeeb -- 'wolf', a leader in Midianthe two princesשָׂרֵ֤י (śā·rê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, princeof Midian,מִדְיָן֙ (miḏ·yān)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 4080: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled into your hands.בְּיֶדְכֶם֩ (bə·yeḏ·ḵem)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 3027: A handWhatוּמַה־ (ū·mah-)Conjunctive waw | InterrogativeStrong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely whatwas I ableיָּכֹ֖לְתִּי (yā·ḵō·lə·tî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 3201: To be able, have powerto doעֲשׂ֣וֹת (‘ă·śō·wṯ)Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 6213: To do, makein comparison with you?”כָּכֶ֑ם (kā·ḵem)Preposition | second person masculine pluralStrong's Hebrew When he saidבְּדַבְּר֖וֹ (bə·ḏab·bə·rōw)Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subduethis,הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)Article | Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 2088: This, thattheir angerרוּחָם֙ (rū·ḥām)Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirittoward himמֵֽעָלָ֔יו (mê·‘ā·lāw)Preposition-m | third person masculine singularStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstsubsided.רָפְתָ֤ה (rā·p̄ə·ṯāh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 7503: Sink, relaxJump to PreviousAbated Able Anger Chiefs Compared Comparison Delivered Hand Hands Heads Leaders Midian Mid'ian Midianite Oreb Princes Resentment Speaking Subsided Temper Towards Zeeb
