Judges 8:4
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
Judges 8:4 in other translations
| BSB | Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit. |
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| WEB | Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing. |
| ASV | And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing. |
| YLT | And Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who are with him--wearied, and pursuing, |
| DARBY | And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing. |
| BBE | Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food. |
| Webster | And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. |
What does Judges 8:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 8:4-12
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Judges 8:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 8:4
- Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- Hebrews 12:1-4
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
- 1 Samuel 14:28-29
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
- 1 Samuel 30:10
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
- Judges 7:25
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
- 1 Samuel 14:31-32
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.
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Context
- Judges 8:3
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.
- Judges 8:4
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
- Judges 8:5
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
Judges 8:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vino Gedeón al Jordán para pasar, él y los trescientos hombres que traía consigo, cansados del alcance. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Gédéon vint au Jourdain, et le passa, lui et les 300 hommes qui étaient avec lui, fatigués, mais poursuivant toujours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Gideon kam an den Jordan; er ging hinüber, er und die dreihundert Mann, die bei ihm waren, ermattet und nachjagend. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque venisset Gedeon ad Jordanem, transivit eum cum trecentis viris, qui secum erant: et præ lassitudine, fugientes persequi non poterant. |