Judges 8:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their angera was abated toward him, when he had said that. ”

Judges 8:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Ephraimites Appeased. After defeating the mighty foreign foe, Gideon had to settle a domestic dispute which might easily have become serious, and he again proved himself equal to the occasion....
Judges 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

God . Elohim delivered His creatures; not Jehovah the Covenant-God. App-4. anger. Hebrew. ruach, spirit (App-9). Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the angry manifestations of it...
Judges 8:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 268 GIDEON PACIFIES THE EPHRAIMITES Judges 8:1-3 . And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served its thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the...
Judges 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. Then their ange...
Judges 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. No JFB...
Judges 8:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

History of the Judges ( Judges 3:5 to Judges 16:31 ) On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of Oppressions and Judges. The larger part of the book is concerned with six o...
Judges 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then their anger was abated towards him. — The soft answer turned away wrath ( Proverbs 15:1 ). The word for anger is mach, “wind,” or “spirit” — anger expressed by fierce breathing through the n...
Judges 8:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

"MIDIAN'S EVIL DAY" Judges 7:8-25 - Judges 8:1-21 THERE is now with Gideon a select band of three hundred, ready for a night attack on the Midianites. The leader has been guided to a singular...
Judges 8:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Soft Answer Turneth Away Wrath Judges 7:24-25 ; Judges 8:1-12 The fleeing host made for the three fords of the Jordan, and with all haste Gideon summoned the tribes to anticipate them. The w...
Judges 8:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he had not called them to his help. The men of Succoth and Penu...
Judges 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How gracious the mind of Gideon, in turning away wrath by gentleness. But observe, how Gideon points to the hand of God in all this business. See a sweet instance in the patriarch Joseph to the same...
Judges 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb ,.... A high honour this conferred upon you, and with which you may be well contented: and what was I able to do in comparis...
Judges 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. Ver. 3. And...
Judges 8:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then their anger was abated According to that fine maxim of Solomon, “A soft answer turneth away wrath.”
Judges 8:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER (vv. 1-3) But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so late rather than when he began his campaign against Midian (v.1). They did not sto...
Judges 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Gideon Pacifies the Ephraimites. B. C. 1249. 1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why...
Judges 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

His soft and humble answer allayed their rage and envy. See Proverbs 15:1 , Proverbs 25:15 .
Judges 8:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated towards him when he said that.' Note the d...
Judges 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE COMPLETION OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE OF HIS PEOPLE. Judges 8:1-17 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 8:1 . And the men of Ephraim said , etc.] i.e .—after Gideon had reached the trans-Jordanic side...
Judges 8:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were...
Judges 8:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:16 . He taught the men of Succoth. The LXX read, he threshed them. This little city of forty or fifty families was blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their...
Judges 8:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better. The conduct of the Ephraimites 1. Their unthankfulness was great, and the injury which he sustained thereby, who ought to have been much hon...
Judges 8:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 8:1 The men of Ephraim . It is possible that the transfer of the birthright from Manasseh to Ephraim ( Genesis 48:13-1 ) may have produced some estrangement between the t...
Judges 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Difficulties with Ephraim and the Cities Succoth and Penuel
Judges 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 4:37 ; Judges 7:24 ; Judges 7:25 ; Philippians 2:3 ; Proverbs 15:1 ; Proverbs 16:32 ; Proverbs 25:11 ; Proverbs 25:15 ; Psalms 115:1 ; Psalms 118:14-16 ; Psalms 44:3 ; Romans 12:3 ;...
Judges 8:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Was abated — His soft and humble answer allayed their rage.

Judges 8:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 8:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Judges 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 8:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 8:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 8:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 8:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 8:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 8:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 8:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 8:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 8:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes