Juízes 8:2

2 Ele, porém, lhes respondeu: “Que é que eu fiz, em comparação com vocês? O resto das uvas de Efraim não são melhores do que toda a colheita de Abiezer?

Juízes 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?''

Juízes 8:2 In-Context

1 Os efraimitas perguntaram, então, a Gideão: “Por que você nos tratou dessa forma? Por que não nos chamou quando foi lutar contra Midiã?” E o criticaram duramente.

2 Ele, porém, lhes respondeu: “Que é que eu fiz, em comparação com vocês? O resto das uvas de Efraim não são melhores do que toda a colheita de Abiezer?

3 Deus entregou os líderes midianitas Orebe e Zeebe nas mãos de vocês. O que pude fazer não se compara com o que vocês fizeram!” Diante disso, acalmou-se a indignação deles contra Gideão.

4 Gideão e seus trezentos homens, já exaustos, continuaram a perseguição, chegaram ao Jordão e o atravessaram.

5 Em Sucote, disse ele aos homens dali: “Peço a vocês um pouco de pão para as minhas tropas; os homens estão cansados, e eu ainda estou perseguindo os reis de Midiã, Zeba e Zalmuna”.