Judges 7:14

And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
fellow	רֵעֵ֤הוּ re.'E.hu	H7453	an associate (more or less close) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
answered	וַיַּ֨עַן vai.Ya.'an	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sword	חֶ֛רֶב Che.rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular construct
Gideon	גִּדְע֥וֹן gid.'on	H1439	Gidon · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Joash	יוֹאָ֖שׁ yo.'Ash	H3101	Joash · proper noun, a man's name
man	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
hand	בְּיָד֔וֹ be.ya.Do	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
God	הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
delivered	נָתַ֤ן na.Tan	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Midian	מִדְיָ֖ן mid.Yan	H4080	Midjan · proper noun, a place name
host	הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה Ha.ma.cha.Neh	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Joshua 2:9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitant…
2 Kings 7:6-7 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they s…
Exodus 15:14-15 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
Numbers 22:38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, th…
Numbers 23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Numbers 23:20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Numbers 24:10-13 And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemi…
Joshua 2:24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint b…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 7:9-15

Gideon's army being diminished as we have found it was, he must either fight by faith or not at all; God therefore here provides recruits for his faith, instead of recruits for his forces. I. He furnishes him with a good foundation to build his faith upon. Nothing but a word from God will be a footing for faith. He has this as full and express as he can desire, Jdg 7:9. 1. A word of command to warrant the action, which otherwise seemed rash and indiscreet, and unbecoming a wise general: Arise, get thee down with this handful of men unto the host. 2. A word of promise to assure him of the success, which otherwise seemed very improbable: I have delivered it into thy hand; it is all thy own. Th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 7:13

I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian--This was a characteristic and very expressive dream for an Arab in the circumstances. The rolling down the hill, striking against the tents, and overturning them, naturally enough connected it in his mind with the position and meditated attack of the Israelitish leader. The circumstance of the cake, too, was very significant. Barley was usually the food of the poor, and of beasts; but most probably, from the widespread destruction of the crops by the invaders, multitudes must have been reduced to poor and scanty fare.

John Gill on Judges 7:14

And his fellow answered and said,.... As the dream was no doubt from God, so the interpretation of it was; it was he that put into the mind of the soldier's comrade to whom he told it to interpret it as follows; or otherwise in all likelihood he would never have thought of it: this is nothing else save the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, a man of Israel; that is, this signifies nothing else, and a fit emblem it was of him and his little army. A cake is but a small thing, and, let it come tumbling as it will, can have no force or strength in it equal to overturn a tent; and a cake of barley is mean and contemptible; and a cake baked under ashes, or on coals, is what is soon and hastily do…

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Dictionary and topics

Dream — God has frequently made use of dreams in communicating his will to men. The most remarkable instances of this are recorded in the history of Jacob (Gen. 28:12; 31:10), Laban (31:24), Joseph…
Esdraelon — The Greek form of the Hebrew “Jezreel,” the name of the great plain (called by the natives Merj Ibn Amer; i.e., “the meadow of the son of Amer”) which stretches across Central Palestine from the…
Harod — Palpitation, a fountain near which Gideon and his army encamped on the morning of the day when they encountered and routed the Midianites (Judg. 7). It was south of the hill Moreh. The present ‘Ain…
Dreams · Mentioned in scripture of: Midianite — Mentioned in scripture of: Midianite
Joash · 3. Father of Gi — 3. Father of Gi
Pitcher · Used by Gi — Used by Gi
Trumpet · By Gi — By Gi

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 7:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 7:9-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 7:13

John Gill on Judges 7:14

Dictionary and topics

Judges 7:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 7:9-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 7:13

John Gill on Judges 7:14

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 7:11-14

Rashi on Judges 7:13