Judges 8:3

8:3 It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?” ¹  When he said this, they calmed down. ² 

Psalms 83:11-12

83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, ³ 

and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna, ⁴ 

83:12 who said, ⁵  “Let’s take over ⁶  the pastures of God!”

¹ tn Heb “What was I able to do compared to you?”

² tn Heb “Then their spirits relaxed from against him, when he spoke this word.”

³ sn Oreb and Zeeb were the generals of the Midianite army that was defeated by Gideon. The Ephraimites captured and executed both of them and sent their heads to Gideon (Judg 7:24-25).

⁴ sn Zebah and Zalmunna were the Midianite kings. Gideon captured them and executed them (Judg 8:1-21).

⁵ tn The translation assumes that “Zebah and Zalmunna” are the antecedents of the relative pronoun (“who [said]”). Another option is to take “their nobles…all their rulers” as the antecedent and to translate, “those who say.”

⁶ tn Heb “let’s take possession for ourselves.”