Sudcov 8:6

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I řekl jemu jeden z knížat Sochot: Což již moc Zebahova a Salmunova jest v ruce tvé, abychom dali vojsku tvému chleba?

Parallel Translations

Český ekumenický překlad
Sukótští velmožové mu však odpověděli: "To už je ruka Zebachova a Salmunova v tvých rukou, že máme dát chleba tvému voji?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Judges 5:23, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 37:28, 1 Samuel 25:10, 1 Samuel 25:11, 1 Kings 20:11, 2 Kings 14:9, Proverbs 18:23, Philippians 2:21

Reciprocal: Joshua 13:27 - Succoth Judges 8:15 - upbraid 1 Chronicles 20:3 - with saws Psalms 108:7 - the valley

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the princes of Succoth said,.... The chief magistrates of the place made answer, one in the name of the rest; for the word said is in the singular number:

are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hands; that is, are they taken prisoners, and handcuffed, or their hands bound behind them, and put into the hands of Gideon, to do with them as he pleased? no, they were not; and they suggest they never would, deriding him and his small number of men as not a match for these kings, whom, perhaps a little before, they had seen pass by with 15,000 men; with whom his little army would not be able to encounter, should they turn and fall upon them, which they supposed would be the case; and therefore, say they, when these are in thine hands, which they thought would never be, it will be time enough

that we should give bread to thine army? for they feared, should they do that, these kings would hear of it, and they should suffer for it, and their bondage be harder than it was before; so selfish and diffident in themselves, so cruel and uncompassionate to their brethren, and so ungrateful to their deliverers, which stirred up the spirit of this humble and good man to great resentment.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The number of the followers of Zebah and Zalmunna was still so formidable, and Gideon’s enterprise still so doubtful, that the men of Succoth (being on the same side of the Jordan) would not risk the vengeance of the Midianites by giving supplies to Gideon’s men.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 8:6. Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand — They feared to help Gideon, lest, if he should be overpowered, the Midianites would revenge it upon them; and they dared not trust God.