And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus,
that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the
Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
LES HOMMES D'ÉPHRAÏM ONT DIT ... POURQUOI NOUS AS-TU SERVI AINSI?
Où cette plainte a été déposée - que ce soit avant... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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?
IL A DIT ... QU'AI-JE FAIT MAINTENANT EN COMPARAISON DE VOUS? Sa
réponse douce et vraiment modeste respire l'esprit d'un homme aussi
bien grand que... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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 commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred
men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
GIDEON EST VENU EN JORDANIE ET EST PASSÉ PAR-DESSUS - très
épuisé, mais désireux de continuer la poursuite jusqu'à ce que la
victoire soit consommée.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
IL A DIT AUX HOMMES DE SUCCOTH - i: e., un endroit de tentes ou de
cabines. Le nom semble avoir été appliqué à to... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna
now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
LES PRINCES DE SUCCOTH ONT DIT: LES MAINS DE ZEBAH ET DE ZALMUNNA
SONT-ELLES MAINTENANT DANS TA MAIN - une réponse aussi insolente que
chronophage. C'était insolent,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and
Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns
of the wilderness and with briers.
JE VAIS DÉCHIRER VOTRE CHAIR AVEC LES ÉPINES DU DÉSERT ET AVEC LES
RONCES - une torture cruelle, à laquelle les captifs étaien... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and
the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
IL EST ALLÉ ... À PENUEL, ET LEUR A PARLÉ DE MÊME - une ville
voisine, située également sur le territoire de Gad, près du Jabbok,
et honoré de cela nom par Ja... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again
in peace, I will break down this tower.
IL A PARLÉ ... QUAND JE REVIENDRAI ... JE VAIS FAIRE TOMBER CETTE
TOUR. Intention de poursuivre, et peur de perdre du temps, il a
reporté le mérite vengeance jusqu'à son retour. Son antici... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them,
about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the
children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand
men that drew sword.
DÉSORMAIS, ZEBAH ET ZALMUNNA SE TROUVAIENT À KARKOR - une ville aux
co... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east
of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
GIDEON EST MONTÉ PAR LE CHEMIN DE CEUX QUI HABITENT DANS DES TENTES
À L'EST Il a suivi les fugitifs à travers le GIDEON EST MONTÉ PAR
LE Il a traqué les fugit... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the
two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
LORSQUE ZEBAH ET ZALMUNNA ONT FUI, IL LES A POURSUIVIS. Un troisième
conflit a éclaté. Il arriva à leur dernier quartier, qui était par
un chemin inhabitue... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was
up,
GIDEON ... EST REVENU DE LA BATAILLE AVANT LE LEVER DU SOLEIL. Il
semble être revenu par une route plus proche de Succoth; parce que ce
qui est rendu dans notre version «avant que le soleil ne se lève»
signifie «les hauteurs... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him:
and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders
thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
IL A DÉCRIT - a écrit les noms des soixante-dix princes et anciens.
(Il est curieux de trouver l'institution primitive d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE CAME UNTO THE MEN OF SUCCOTH AND SAID BEHOLD ZEBAH AND
ZALMUNNA WITH WHOM YE DID UPBRAID_ _ 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... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and
briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
AVEC EUX, IL A ENSEIGNÉ AUX HOMMES DE SUCCOTH , [ wayoda` (H3045)
baahem (H871a) 'eet (H853) 'ansheey (H376) Cukowt ( H5523), et avec
eux fait connaître les hommes de Succoth -... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE BEAT DOWN THE TOWER OF PENUEL, AND SLEW THE MEN OF THE CITY._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they
whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they;
each one resembled the children of a king.
PUIS IL DIT À ZEBAH ET ZALMUNNA: QUELLE SORTE D'HOMMES AVEZ-VOUS
TUÉ À TABOR? C'était l'une des innombrables atrocité... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as
the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
C'ÉTAIENT MES FRÈRES, MÊME LES FILS DE MA MÈRE - c'est-à-dire
des frères utérins; mais, dans tous les pays où la polygamie
prévaut, «le fils de ma mère» implique... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the
youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
IL A DIT À JETHER SON PREMIER-NÉ, UP, ET TUEZ-LES. Le plus proche
parent était le go'el - i: e., vengeur du sang; et Jether, quoique à
peine plus qu'un garçon, ét... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN ZEBAH AND ZALMUNNA SAID, RISE THOU, AND FALL UPON US: FOR AS THE
MAN IS, SO IS HIS STRENGTH. AND GIDEON AROSE, AND SLEW ZEBAH AND
ZALMUNNA, AND TOOK AWAY THE ORNAMENTS THAT WERE ON THEIR CAMELS'
NECKS._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both
thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us
from the hand of Midian.
RÈGLE SUR NOUS ...... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my
son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
LE SEIGNEUR RÉGNERA SUR VOUS. Leur admiration et leur gratitude sans
bornes les ont incités, dans l’enthousiasme du moment, à élever
leur libérateur sur un trône et à établir un... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye
would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden
earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
GIDEON A DIT ... JE SOUHAITERAIS UNE DEMANDE DE VOTRE PART. C'était
la contribution de [ nezem (H5141), singulier] u... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THEY ANSWERED, WE WILL WILLINGLY GIVE THEM. AND THEY SPREAD A
GARMENT, AND DID CAST THEREIN EVERY MAN THE EARRINGS OF HIS PREY._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a
thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and
collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and
beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
ORNEMENTS - plaques d'or en forme de croissant s... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in
Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing
became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
GIDEON EN A FAIT UN ÉPHOD ET L'A MIS DANS SA VILLE ... OPHRAH.
Qu'aucune utilisation idolâtre n'était en vue, ni aucu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they
lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty
years in the days of Gideon.
AINSI MADIAN FUT SOUMIS. Cette invasion des hordes arabes à Canaan
était aussi alarmante et désolante que l'irruption des Huns en... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
JERUBBAAL ... EST ALLÉ HABITER DANS SA PROPRE MAISON. Bochart
conjecture que Gideon est la personne désignée par Sanchoniathon,
l'historien phénicien, sous le nom de Jerombaal, prêtre du dieu Jao,
non seulement de la ressemblance ét... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND GIDEON HAD THREESCORE AND TEN SONS OF HIS BODY BEGOTTEN: FOR HE
HAD MANY WIVES._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of
Israel turned again, and went a And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon
was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring
after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
LES ENFANTS D'ISRAËL ... ONT FAIT DE BA... [ Continuer la lecture ]