Judges 8:15
in Judges 8And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
KJV
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
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This verse in Judges 8
Commentary
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about whom you taunted me
on Judges 8:15-17
Verse 15 throws the taunt of verse 6 back at Succoth, marking the reckoning as exact. Where the Berean reads "he disciplined the men of Succoth", the King James keeps the Hebrew idiom with the verb taught. Penuel loses its tower and its men, more than verse 9 named.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Are the hands, &c. - Art thou so foolish, to think with thy three hundred faint and weary soldiers, to conquer and destroy an host of fifteen thousand Men? Thus the bowels of their compassion were shut up against their brethren. Surely they were worshippers of Baal, or in the interest of Midian.
And he came unto the men of Succoth,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Tore with them. "Broke apart" with them. 2 This is Targum Yonasan’s translation.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹא֙ | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֣י | ʾanshei | [the] men of | H582 → | 566 times |
| סֻכּ֔וֹת | sukot | Succoth | H5523 → | 18 times |
| וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הִנֵּ֖ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| זֶ֣בַח | zevach | Zebah | H2078 → | 12 times |
| וְצַלְמֻנָּ֑ע | vetzalmuna' | and Zalmunna | H6759 → | 12 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חֵרַפְתֶּ֨ם | cheraftem | you taunted | H2778 → | |
| אוֹתִ֜י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הֲ֠כַף | hakhaf | ¿ [is] [the] hand of | H3709 → | 192 times |
| זֶ֣בַח | zevach | Zebah | H2078 → | 12 times |
| וְצַלְמֻנָּ֤ע | vetzalmuna' | and Zalmunna | H6759 → | 12 times |
| עַתָּה֙ | ʾatah | now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ | beyadekha | in hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נִתֵּ֛ן | niten | we will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לַאֲנָשֶׁ֥יךָ | laanasheikha | to men your | H582 → | 566 times |
| הַיְּעֵפִ֖ים | haiyeefim | <the> weary | H3287 → | |
| לָֽחֶם׃ | lachem | bread | H3899 → | 298 times |
וַיָּבֹא֙and he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַנְשֵׁ֣י[the] men of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
סֻכּ֔וֹתSuccoth
sukotH5523 →18 times
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הִנֵּ֖הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
זֶ֣בַחZebah
zevachH2078 →12 times
וְצַלְמֻנָּ֑עand Zalmunna
vetzalmuna'H6759 →12 times
אֲשֶׁר֩whom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חֵרַפְתֶּ֨םyou taunted
cheraftemH2778 →
אוֹתִ֜י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
הֲ֠כַף¿ [is] [the] hand of
hakhafH3709 →192 times
זֶ֣בַחZebah
zevachH2078 →12 times
וְצַלְמֻנָּ֤עand Zalmunna
vetzalmuna'H6759 →12 times
עַתָּה֙now
ʾatahH6258 →433 times
בְּיָדֶ֔ךָin hand your
beyadekhaH3027 →1618 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
נִתֵּ֛ןwe will give
nitenH5414 →2011 times
לַאֲנָשֶׁ֥יךָto men your
laanasheikhaH582 →566 times
הַיְּעֵפִ֖ים<the> weary
haiyeefimH3287 →
לָֽחֶם׃bread
lachemH3899 →298 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.