Shìshījì 8:2

2 Jīdiàn duì tāmen shuō , wǒ suǒ xíng de qǐnéng bǐ nǐmen suǒ xíng de ne . Yǐfǎlián shí qǔ shèngxia de pútào bù qiáng guō yà bǐ Yǐxiè suǒ zhāi de pútào ma .

Shìshījì 8:2 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 8:2

And he said unto them
In a very mild and gentle manner, giving soft words, which turn away wrath:

what have I done in comparison of you?
he and his men, he signifies, had only blew trumpets, broke pitchers, and held torches; it was the Lord that did all, and set the Midianites one against another to slay each other; and in the pursuit as yet he had only picked up and slain some common soldiers, they had taken two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and had brought their heads in triumph to him:

is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of
Abiezer?
the family of Abiezer, of which Gideon was; the meaning is, that whereas he began the fight, which may be called the vintage, and they had finished it, which was like gleaning; yet what they did last was much preferable to what was done by him at first; or the princes of Midian, which they had taken in the pursuit, and was like gleaning after a vintage, were equal, yea, superior to all the camp of Midian, or that part of it that had fallen into his hands. The Targum is,

``are not the weak of the house of Ephraim better than the strong of the house of Abiezer?''

Shìshījì 8:2 In-Context

1 Yǐfǎlián rén duì Jīdiàn shuō , nǐ qù yǔ Mǐdiàn rén zhēng zhàn , méiyǒu zhāo wǒmen tóng qù , wèishénme zhèyàng dāi wǒmen ne . tāmen jiù yǔ Jīdiàn dàdà de zhēng chǎo .

2 Jīdiàn duì tāmen shuō , wǒ suǒ xíng de qǐnéng bǐ nǐmen suǒ xíng de ne . Yǐfǎlián shí qǔ shèngxia de pútào bù qiáng guō yà bǐ Yǐxiè suǒ zhāi de pútào ma .

3 Shén yǐ jiāng Mǐdiàn rén de liǎng gè shǒulǐng éLìhé xī yī bǎi jiāo zaì nǐmen shǒu zhōng . wǒ suǒ xíng de qǐnéng bǐ nǐmen suǒ xíng de ne . Jīdiàn shuō le zhè huà , Yǐfǎlián rén de nùqì jiù xiāo le .

4 Jīdiàn hé gēnsuí tāde sān bǎi rén dào Yuēdànhé guòdù , suīrán pí fá , háishì zhuīgǎn .

5 Jīdiàn duì Shūgē rén shuō , qiú nǐmen ná bǐng lái gĕi gēnsuí wǒde rén chī , yīnwei tāmen pí fá le . wǒmen zhuīgǎn Mǐdiàn rén de liǎng gè wáng Xībā hé sǎ mù ná .