Judges 8:3
King James VersionSource notes
“God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.”
Context
1And 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.
2And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
3God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
4And Gideon came to Jordan, passed over, he, and the three hundred men that with him, faint, yet pursuing
5And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
6And the princes of Succoth said, the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?