Judges 12:4
Then calling to him all the men of Galaad, he fought against Ephraim: and the men of Galaad defeated Ephraim, because he had said: Galaad is a fugitive of Ephraim, and dwelleth in the midst of Ephraim and Manasses.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vocatis itaque ad se cunctis viris Galaad, pugnabat contra Ephraim : percusseruntque viri Galaad Ephraim, quia dixerat : Fugitivus est Galaad de Ephraim, et habitat in medio Ephraim et Manasse.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ συνέστρεψεν Ἰεφθάε τοὺς πάντας ἄνδρας Γαλαὰδ καὶ παρετάξατο τῷ Ἐφράιμ· καὶ ἐπάταξαν ἄνδρες Γαλαὰδ τὸν Ἐφράιμ, ὅτι εἶπαν οἱ διασωζόμενοι τοῦ Ἐφράιμ Ὑμεῖς Γαλαὰδ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἐφράιμ καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Μανασσή.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ יִפְתָּח֙ אֶת כָּל אַנְשֵׁ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם אֶת אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיַּכּוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י גִלְעָ֜ד אֶת אֶפְרַ֗יִם כִּ֤י אָמְרוּ֙ פְּלִיטֵ֤י אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ אַתֶּ֔ם גִּלְעָ֕ד בְּת֥וֹךְ אֶפְרַ֖יִם בְּת֥וֹךְ מְנַשֶּֽׁה
Haydock's commentary
Fugitive. Vile and timid, so that his brethren around him might destroy him at any time. (Menochius)
Galaad dwelt in the midst of the descendants of Joseph. (Haydock)
But Ephraim, in despite, had represented him as an outcast. Their envy deserved to be severely punished. (Calmet)
The same passion had nearly excited them to make war upon Gedeon, chap. viii. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.