Judges 8:4

Translations

Modern

Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

Traditional

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

Literal

And Gideon came to the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, exhausted and pursuing.

Latin

Cumque venisset Gedeon ad Jordanem, transivit eum cum trecentis viris, qui secum erant: et præ lassitudine, fugientes persequi non poterant.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

Notes

Judges 8:4–12

At this point, Gideon seemed as focused on revenge as on victory. His earlier conversations with the Lord suddenly stopped. The group of 300 men made a final attack on the Midianites.
Gideon chased the fleeing Midianite kings through the Jabbok gorge and then south toward Rabbah, following the caravan route onto the Transjordan plateau.
Succoth and Peniel were Israelite cities, but their loyalty to Gideon, a new general, was weak. The tribes east of the Jordan were often under Midianite pressure and seemed to fear them.

Judges 6:1–8:35

Gideon's time as a judge ends the first era of judges.

Theme notes and profiles

Gideon Social Chaos in Judges

Events

Deliverance by Gideon

Related verses

2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
Galatians 6:9
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Hebrews 12:1–4
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
1 Samuel 14:28–29
Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
1 Samuel 30:10
…because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
2 Corinthians 4:8–9
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
1 Samuel 14:31–32
That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
Judges 7:25
They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.

People

Gideon: Judge of Israel; defeated Midianites; tested and reassured by God

Places

Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history

Glossary

Ephraim, Tribe of Fords of the Jordan Judges, Book of Midian, Midianite

Topics

Gideon: Leads an Army Against and Defeats the Midianites God: Preserver: Under Gideon Israel: Under the Judges: Seven Years of Bondage to the Midianites; Delivered by Gideon Jordan: Fords of Patriotism: Lacking in The Inhabitants of Succoth and Penuel

Judges 8:4

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