Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
Parallel translations
- WEB Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
- KJV And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
- NKJV When Gideon came to the Jordan, he and the three hundred men who were with him crossed over, exhausted but still in pursuit.
- NASB Then Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, exhausted yet still pursuing.
- NLT Gideon then crossed the Jordan River with his 300 men, and though exhausted, they continued to chase the enemy.
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Gideon and his 300 cross the Jordan, exhausted but still pursuing the enemy.
Overview
'Faint, yet pursuing' captures the persevering faith that presses on despite weariness. The phrase has long encouraged believers to endure in the Lord's work even when strength fails. Their relentless pursuit completes the rout of Midian and pictures the steadfastness God works in his servants.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Cor 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- Gal 6:9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- 1 Sam 30:10because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
- Heb 12:1–4Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
- 1 Sam 14:28–29Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
- 2 Cor 4:8–9We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- Judg 7:25They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
- 1 Sam 14:31–32That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
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Israel's cycle of sin and rescue through flawed deliverers cries out for a Savior who never fails — the true and final Judge and Deliverer who saves his people not for a season but forever.
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