Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him,
rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host
of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of
Moreh, in the valley.
JERUBBAAL - (cf. Juges 6:32.) C'était maintenant devenu l'honorable
no... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
LE SEIGNEUR A DIT ... LES GENS ... SONT TROP NOMBREUX. Bien que
l'armée israélite n'ait rassembl... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,
Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from
mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two
thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
MAINTENANT DONC ... PROCLAME ... QUICONQUE A PEUR ... QU... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring
them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it
shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the
same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall
not go with thee, the sa... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_SO HE BROUGHT DOWN THE PEOPLE UNTO THE WATER: AND THE LORD SAID UNTO
GIDEON, EVERY ONE THAT LAPPETH OF THE WATER WITH HIS TONGUE, AS A DOG
LAPPETH, HIM SHALT THOU SET BY HIMSELF; LIKEWISE EVERY ONE THAT BOWETH
DOWN UPON HIS KNEES TO DRINK._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped
will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let
all the other people go every man unto his place.
LE SEIGNEUR A DIT ... PAR LES TROIS CENTS HOMMES QUI ONT LAPÉ, JE
VOUS SAUVERAI. Il est à peine possible de c... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he
sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained
those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the
valley.
IL A ENVOYÉ TOUT LE RESTE D'ISRAËL CHACUN DANS SA TENTE. ["Le
reste" n'est ni dan... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,
Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine
hand.
LÈVE-TOI, DESCENDS-TOI ...... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to
the host: VA AVEC PHURAH TON SERVITEUR. Dans les temps anciens, on ne
comptait aucune dégradation pour les personnes du plus haut rang et
de caractère espionne le camp d'un ennemi: c'est ce que fit Gédéon
à cette occasion. Mais la... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be
strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah
his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
L'EXTÉRIEUR DES HOMMES ARMÉS QUI ÉTAIENT DANS L'HÔTE. "Armés" [
hachªmushiym (H2571) ; m... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the
east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and
their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for
multitude.
ALLONGEZ-VOUS DANS LA VALLÉE ... ET LEURS CHAMEAUX ÉTAIENT SANS
NUMÉRO - une descriptio... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream
unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake
of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent,
and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
J'AI RÊVÉ ... ET... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword
of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath
God delivered Midian, and all the host.
GIDEON LE FILS DE JOASH, UN HOMME D'ISRAËL , [ 'iysh (H376)] - un
puissant ou homme distingué d'Israël.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the
interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host
of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand
the host of Midian.
QUAND GIDEON A ENTENDU LE RÉCIT DU RÊVE, ET L'INTERPRÉTATION ...
IL... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put
a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within
the pitchers.
IL A DIVISÉ LES TROIS CENTS HOMMES. Le but de la division de ses
forces était qu'ils semblaient entourer l'ennemi.
IL A MIS UNE TROMPETTE DANS... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, LOOK ON ME, AND DO LIKEWISE: AND, BEHOLD, WHEN
I COME TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAMP, IT SHALL BE THAT, AS I DO, SO SHALL
YE DO._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the
outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had
but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the
pitchers that were in their hands.
GIDEON ... VIENS ... AU DÉBUT DE LA VEILLE DU MILIEU. Au d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THE THREE COMPANIES BLEW THE TRUMPETS, AND BRAKE THE PITCHERS,
AND HELD THE LAMPS IN THEIR LEFT HANDS,_ _ AND THE TRUMPETS IN THEIR
RIGHT HANDS TO BLOW WITHAL: AND THEY CRIED, THE SWORD OF THE LORD, AND
OF GIDEON._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali,
and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the
Midianites.
LES HOMMES D'ISRAËL SE SONT RASSEMBLÉS. C'étaient évidemment les
parties écartées, qui, s'étant attardées à peu de distance de la
scène du concours, se... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come
down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto
Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves
together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
GIDEON ENVOYA DES MESSAGERS DAN... [ Continuer la lecture ]