In Context

1 And the men of E'phraim said to him, |What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with Mid'ian?| And they upbraided him violently.

2 And he said to them, |What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of E'phraim better than the vintage of Abi-e'zer?

3 God has given into your hands the princes of Mid'ian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you?| Then their anger against him was abated, when he had said this.

4 And Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint yet pursuing.

5 So he said to the men of Succoth, |Pray, give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmun'na, the kings of Mid'ian.|

6 And the officials of Succoth said, |Are Zebah and Zalmun'na already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?|

Judges 8:4 in Other Translations