Then the people of Ephraim asked Gideon,“ Why have you treated us this way? Why didn’t you send for us when you first went out to fight the Midianites?” And they argued heatedly with Gideon.

以法莲人对基甸说：“你去与米甸人争战，没有招我们同去，为什么这样待我们呢？”他们就与基甸大大地争吵。

以法莲人对基甸说：“你去与米甸争战，没有召我们同去，你为什么这样待我们呢？”他们就和基甸激烈地争吵。

以法莲人对基甸说：“你去与米甸争战，没有召我们同去，你为什么这样待我们呢？”他们就和基甸激烈地争吵。

后来，以法莲人对基甸说：“你攻打米甸人时为什么不召我们去？你为什么这样对待我们？”他们与他激烈地争论起来。

以法莲人对基甸说：“你去与米甸人争战的时候，没有召我们同去，你为什么这样待我们呢？”他们就与他激烈地争辩起来。

以法蓮人對基甸說：「你去與米甸人爭戰，沒有招我們同去，為甚麼這樣待我們呢？」他們就與基甸大大地爭吵。

以法蓮人對基甸說：「你去與米甸爭戰，沒有召我們同去，你為甚麼這樣待我們呢？」他們就和基甸激烈地爭吵。

以法蓮人對基甸說：「你去與米甸爭戰，沒有召我們同去，你為甚麼這樣待我們呢？」他們就和基甸激烈地爭吵。

後來，以法蓮人對基甸說：「你攻打米甸人時為什麼不召我們去？你為什麼這樣對待我們？」他們與他激烈地爭論起來。

以法蓮人對基甸說：“你去與米甸人爭戰的時候，沒有召我們同去，你為甚麼這樣待我們呢？”他們就與他激烈地爭辯起來。

以法蓮人對基甸說：『你去和米甸人交戰，沒有招我們一同去，為甚麼這樣待我們呢？』他們就和基甸極力吵鬧。

以法蓮人謂基甸曰、爾與米甸人戰、而不招我、何待我如是、遂切責之、

以法蓮人謂其田曰、爾初往攻米田人、曷不招我、何待我如是。遂切責之。

以法蓮人謂基甸曰、爾往攻米甸人、不招我同往、何待我如是、遂與之大爭、

Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon,“ Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?” And they challenged him vigorously.

The men of Ephraim asked Gideon,“ Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you ask us to help you when you went out to fight against Midian?” In anger they challenged Gideon.

Then the men of Ephraim said to him,“ What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they accused him fiercely.

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.

Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon,“ What is this thing that you have done to us, not calling upon us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they quarreled with him vehemently.

Now the men of Ephraim said to him,“ Why have you done this to us by not calling us when you went to fight with the Midianites?” And they reprimanded him sharply.

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 Midian? And they did chide with him sharply.

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.

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.

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.

The men of Ephraim said to him,“ Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply.

But all the men of Israel complained to the king,“ The men of Judah stole the king and didn’t give us the honor of helping take you, your household, and all your men across the Jordan.”

Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless— like chasing the wind.

Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.

Then the people of Ephraim mobilized an army and crossed over the Jordan River to Zaphon. They sent this message to Jephthah:“ Why didn’t you call for us to help you fight against the Ammonites? We are going to burn down your house with you in it!”Jephthah replied,“ I summoned you at the beginning of the dispute, but you refused to come! You failed to help us in our struggle against Ammon.So when I realized you weren’t coming, I risked my life and went to battle without you, and the Lord gave me victory over the Ammonites. So why have you now come to fight me?”The people of Ephraim responded,“ You men of Gilead are nothing more than fugitives from Ephraim and Manasseh.” So Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and attacked the men of Ephraim and defeated them.Jephthah captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan River, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to go back across, the men of Gilead would challenge him.“ Are you a member of the tribe of Ephraim?” they would ask. If the man said,“ No, I’m not,”they would tell him to say“ Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim, he would say“ Sibboleth,” because people from Ephraim cannot pronounce the word correctly. Then they would take him and kill him at the shallow crossings of the Jordan. In all, 42,000 Ephraimites were killed at that time.

Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,“ God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”