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Judges 8:2

And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

KJV

Quibus ille respondit : Quod enim tale facere potui, quale vos fecistis ? nonne melior est racemus Ephraim, vindemiis Abiezer ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς Τί ἐποίησα νῦν καθὼς ὑμεῖς; ἢ οὐχὶ κρεῖσσον ἐπιφυλλὶς Ἐφράιμ ἢ τρυγητὸς Ἀβιέζερ;

LXX

And he said unto them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם מֶה עָשִׂ֥יתִי עַתָּ֖ה כָּ/כֶ֑ם הֲ/ל֗וֹא ט֛וֹב עֹלְל֥וֹת אֶפְרַ֖יִם מִ/בְצִ֥יר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Ephraim

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבִיעֶ֖זֶר
'by'zr
proper_noun · 7×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
בָצִֽיר
btsyr
noun · 7×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
עֽוֹלֵלֹת֙
'vllt
noun · 6×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 17:6 — Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD
  • Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Judg 6:11 — And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianit