Judges 8:3

WEB

³God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

KJV

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.

BSB

³God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger ^[+] against him subsided.

FBV

³God handed over to you Oreb and Zeeb, the two Midianite commanders. What have I managed to achieve in comparison to you?” When he told them this their animosity towards him died down.

Extra References

Proverbs 15:1

¹A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

²⁴Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against Midian and take the waters before them as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan!” So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together and took the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan. ²⁵They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at Oreb’s rock, and Zeeb they killed at Zeeb’s wine press, as they pursued Midian. Then they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.

Proverbs 25:11

¹¹A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Philippians 2:3

³doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Proverbs 16:32

³²One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Psalms 44:3

³For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

John 4:37

³⁷For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’

Psalms 118:14-16

¹⁴The LORD^[+] is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. ¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. ¹⁶The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”

Romans 12:6

⁶having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

Romans 12:3

³For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.