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KJV Lexicon And the men'iysh (eesh) a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) of Ephraim 'Ephrayim (ef-rah'-yim) double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Ephraim, Ephraimites. said 'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) unto him Why hast thou mah (maw) how (long, oft, (-soever), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why. served `asah (aw-saw') to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application us thus dabar (daw-baw') a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause that thou calledst qara' (kaw-raw') to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) us not when thou wentest halak (haw-lak') to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) to fight lacham (law-kham') to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction) -- devour, eat, ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring). with the Midianites Midyan (mid-yawn') Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants -- Midian, Midianite. And they did chide riyb (reeb) to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend with him sharply chozqah (khoz-kaw') vehemence (usually in a bad sense) -- force, mightily, repair, sharply. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Then the men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?" And they contended with him vigorously. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible The men of Ephraim said to him, "Why have you done this to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites?" And they argued with him violently. International Standard Version Later on, the descendants of Ephraim spoke to Gideon. They argued vehemently, "What are you doing to us? You never called us! But you went out to fight Midian!" NET Bible The Ephraimites said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!" They argued vehemently with him. GOD'S WORD® Translation The men from Ephraim strongly protested Gideon's actions. They said, "Why did you do this to us? You didn't invite us to go fight Midian with you." King James 2000 Bible And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why have you served us thus, that you called us not, when you went to fight with the Midianites? And they did argue with him sharply. Links Judges 8:1Judges 8:1 NIV Judges 8:1 NLT Judges 8:1 ESV Judges 8:1 NASB Judges 8:1 KJV |