Judges 7:25
And having taken two men of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: Oreb they slew in the rock of Oreb, and Zeb in the winepress of Zeb. And they pursued Madian, carrying the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon beyond the waters of the Jordan.
Challoner: Two menThat is, two of their chiefs.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Apprehensosque duos viros Madian, Oreb et Zeb, interfecit Oreb in petra Oreb, Zeb vero in torculari Zeb. Et persecuti sunt Madian, capita Oreb et Zeb portantes ad Gedeon trans fluenta Jordanis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ συνέλαβον τοὺς ἄρχοντας Μαδιάμ, καὶ τὸν Ὠρὴβ καὶ τὸν Ζήβ, καὶ ἀπέκτειναν τὸν Ὠρὴβ ἐν Σούρ, καὶ τὸν Ζὴβ ἀπέκτειναν ἐν Ἰακεφζήφ· καὶ κατεδίωξαν Μαδιάμ, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Ὠρὴβ καὶ Ζὴβ ἤνεγκαν πρὸς Γεδεὼν ἀπὸ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַֽיִּלְכְּד֡וּ שְׁנֵֽי שָׂרֵ֨י מִדְיָ֜ן אֶת עֹרֵ֣ב וְאֶת זְאֵ֗ב וַיַּהַרְג֨וּ אֶת עוֹרֵ֤ב בְּצוּר עוֹרֵב֙ וְאֶת זְאֵב֙ הָרְג֣וּ בְיֶֽקֶב זְאֵ֔ב וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ אֶל מִדְיָ֑ן וְרֹאשׁ עֹרֵ֣ב וּזְאֵ֔ב הֵבִ֨יאוּ֙ אֶל גִּדְע֔וֹן מֵעֵ֖בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּֽן
Haydock's commentary
Two men. That is, two of their chiefs. (Challoner)
Press. Hebrew yekeb, denotes a cistern fit to contain wine, Isaias v. 2., and Proverbs iii. 10.
Zeb had concealed himself in it.
Jordan. They afterwards took occasion from this exploit to extol their own valour, and to quarrel with Gedeon. (Calmet)
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.