Jueces 8:2

2 Pero él les dijo: ¿Qué he hecho yo ahora en comparación con vosotros? ¿No es mejor el rebusco de Efraín que 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 Entonces los hombres de Efraín le dijeron: ¿Qué es esto que nos has hecho, al no llamarnos cuando fuiste a pelear contra Madián? Y le criticaron duramente.

2 Pero él les dijo: ¿Qué he hecho yo ahora en comparación con vosotros? ¿No es mejor el rebusco de Efraín que la vendimia de Abiezer?

3 Dios ha entregado en vuestras manos a los jefes de Madián, Oreb y Zeeb; ¿y qué pude hacer yo en comparación con vosotros? Entonces se aplacó la ira de ellos contra él cuando dijo esto.

4 Gedeón y los trescientos hombres que iban con él llegaron al Jordán y lo cruzaron, cansados, mas continuando la persecución.

5 Y dijo a los hombres de Sucot: Os ruego que deis pan a la gente que me sigue, porque están cansados, y estoy persiguiendo a Zeba y a Zalmuna, reyes de Madián.