The interpretation timeline

Judg 8:3

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Judg 8:3 · Douay-Rheims
“The Lord hath delivered into your bands the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: what could I have done like to what you have done? And when he had said this, their spirit was appeased, with which they swelled against him.”
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Rashi Jewish
1040–1105
“What could I have done that would have been as significant as your accomplishments?”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.