Jueces 8:2

2 —¿Qué hice yo, comparado con lo que hicieron ustedes? —replicó él—. ¿No valen más los rebuscos de las uvas de Efraín que toda la vendimia de Abiezer?

Jueces 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?''

Jueces 8:2 In-Context

1 Los de la tribu de Efraín le dijeron a Gedeón:—¿Por qué nos has tratado así? ¿Por qué no nos llamaste cuando fuiste a luchar contra los madianitas?Y se lo reprocharon severamente.

2 —¿Qué hice yo, comparado con lo que hicieron ustedes? —replicó él—. ¿No valen más los rebuscos de las uvas de Efraín que toda la vendimia de Abiezer?

3 Dios entregó en manos de ustedes a Oreb y a Zeb, los jefes madianitas. Comparado con lo que hicieron ustedes, ¡lo que yo hice no fue nada!Al oír la respuesta de Gedeón, se calmó el resentimiento de ellos contra él.

4 Gedeón y sus trescientos hombres, agotados pero persistiendo en la persecución, llegaron al Jordán y lo cruzaron.

5 Allí Gedeón dijo a la gente de Sucot:—Denles pan a mis soldados; están agotados y todavía estoy persiguiendo a Zeba y a Zalmuna, los reyes de Madián.