Judges 8:32

Judges 8:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.
• New International Version (NIV)Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Context of Judges 8:32

30Now Gideon had seventy sons born to him, because he had many wives. 31And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech. Gideon the son of Joash died at a good advanced age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 33Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the Israelites again played the prostitute with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god. 34And the Israelites did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side;

Judges 8:32 word by word

וַיָּ֛מָת גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה טוֹבָ֑ה וַיִּקָּבֵ֗ר בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙ יוֹאָ֣שׁ אָבִ֔יו בְּעָפְרָ֖ה אֲבִ֥י הָֽעֶזְרִֽי׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Gideonגִּדְעוֹןgid‛ôn · GideonH1439
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Joashיוֹאָשׁyô'âsh yô'âsh · JoashH3101
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in a goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• old ageשֵׂיבָהώêybâh · hoary headH7872
• and was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• in the sepulchreקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• in Ophrahעׇפְרָה‛ophrâh · OphrahH6084
• of the Abi–ezritesאֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי'ăbîy hâ‛ezrîy · AbiezriteH33

Cross-references for Judges 8:32

• Genesis 15:15As for you, you shall [die and] go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.
• Genesis 25:8Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]; and he was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].
• Joshua 24:29It happened after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, at the age of a hundred and ten years.
• Job 5:26You will come to your grave in old age, Like the stacking of grain [on the threshing floor] in its season.
• Job 42:17So Job died, an old man and full of days.
• Judges 8:27Gideon made [all the golden earrings into] an ephod [a sacred, high priest’s garment], and put it in his city of Ophrah, and all Israel worshiped it as an idol there, and it became a trap for Gideon and his household.
• Judges 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and named it The Lord is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah, of the Abiezrites.

Commentaries on Judges 8:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Gideon - died in a good old age - Supposed to have been A.M. 2799; b.c. 1205.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-35Verses 29-35 As soon as Gideon was dead, who kept the people to the worship of the God of Israel, they found themselves under no restraint; then they went after Baalim, and showed no kindness to the family of Gideon. No wonder if those who forget their God, forget their friends. Yet conscious of our own ingratitude to the Lord, and observing that of mankind in general, we should learn to be patient under any unkind returns we meet with for our poor…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-32Old age usually shows divine blessing, but Gideon's spiritual blessing and leadership declined.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 8:32

• Gideon
• Joash
• Ophrah

In the dictionaries

• Gideon
• Joash
• Jehoash; Joash
• Abiezrite
• Ophrah
• Request
• Resemble
• Tombs
• Zebah
• Abdon (1)

Commentaries on Judges 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings