Judges 7:2 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 7:2

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

KJV

And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The people that are with thee are too many - Had he led up a numerous host against his enemies, the excellence of the power by which they were discomfited might have appeared to be of man and not of God. By the manner in which this whole transaction was conducted, both the Israelites and Midianites must see that the thing was of God. This would inspire the Israelites with confidence, and the Midianites with fear.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
גִּדְע֔וֹן	gid.'on	Gideon	H1439 →
רַ֗ב	Rav	[is too] numerous	H7227 →
הָעָם֙	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
אִתָּ֔ךְ	'i.Takh	[is] with you	H854 →
מִתִּתִּ֥י	mi.ti.Ti	than to give I	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִדְיָ֖ן	mid.Yan	Midian	H4080 →
בְּיָדָ֑ם	be.ya.Dam	in hand their	H3027 →
פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
יִתְפָּאֵ֨ר	yit.pa.'Er	it should glorify itself	H6286 →
עָלַ֤י	'a.Lai	over me	H5921 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
יָדִ֖י	ya.Di	hand my	H3027 →
הוֹשִׁ֥יעָה	ho.Shi.'ah	it has delivered	H3467 →
לִּֽי׃	Li	<to> <the> me

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zechariah 4:6
So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 32:7–8
  “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
  The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- 1 Corinthians 2:4–5
  My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
- Psalms 33:16
  No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
- Isaiah 11:2–4
  The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
Through
2 Corinthians 4:7
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:1
  Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5–6
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- Ephesians 2:8–9
  For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,