‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
Judges 8:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So he said to them, ‘What have I done now compared to you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 Abi-ezer? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of [your big tribe of] Ephraim better than the vintage of [my little clan of] Abiezer? American Standard Version (1901) 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? Common English Bible But he said to them, “What have I done now, compared to you? Aren’t Ephraim’s leftovers better than Abiezer’s main harvest? Catholic Public Domain Version And he responded to them: "But what could I have done that would be so great as what you have done? Is not one bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintages of Abiezer? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he answered them: What could I have done like to that which you have done? Is not one bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintages of Abiezer? |
‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
These were Gilead’s descendants: the Iezerite clan from Iezer; the Helekite clan from Helek;
The angel of the Lord came, and he sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress in order to hide it from the Midianites.
The Spirit of the Lord enveloped Gideon, and he blew the ram’s horn and the Abiezrites rallied behind him.
The men of Ephraim said to him, ‘Why have you done this to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites? ’ And they argued with him violently.
God handed over to you Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian. What was I able to do compared to you? ’ When he said this, their anger against him subsided.