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Judges 8:4 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Judges 8:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Judges chapter 8 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.”
Judges 8:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Judges 8:4
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.This verse captures the paradox of divinely empowered human weakness. The phrase faint, yet pursuing (ayefim ve-rodphim, עֲיֵפִים וְרֹדְפִים) juxtaposes exhaustion with relentless determination. The participle ayefim (עֲיֵפִים, "faint, weary") describes physical depletion—Gideon's 300 had fought through the night (Judges 7:19-22), pursued enemies, and marched many miles. Yet rodphim (רֹדְפִים, "pursuing") indicates they continued the chase despite exhaustion. This embodies Pau...
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Cross-References for Judges 8:4
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“for we will reap in due season”
“but though our outward man is decaying”
“and said”
“he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind”
“seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses”
“yet not crushed; perplexed”
“Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb”
“And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.”