Judges 8:34

Judges 8:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
• New International Version (NIV)and did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the people of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hand of all their enemies on every side,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus the children of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;

Context of Judges 8:34

32Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 33And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god. The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side. 35They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.

Judges 8:34 word by word

וְלֹ֤א זָֽכְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם הַמַּצִּ֥יל אוֹתָ֛ם מִיַּ֥ד כָּל־אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם מִסָּבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear

• The Israelitesבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• The Israelitesיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• failedלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• to rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• who had deliveredנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• from the handsיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• their enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• on every sideסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439

Cross-references for Judges 8:34

• Psalms 78:11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
• Psalms 106:18Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
• Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
• Jeremiah 2:32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

Commentaries on Judges 8:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Remembered not the Lord their God - They attributed their deliverance to some other cause, and did not give him the glory of their salvation.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. 33-35Gideon's ephod (Judges 8:27) quickly became part of a pagan shrine honoring images of the Canaanite god Baal, here called Baal-berith ("Baal of the covenant"). This sinful act involved forgetting the Lord and his works and being disloyal to godly leadership. Remembering is essential to biblical, covenantal worship, from the time of the exodus (Exodus 12:14, 24) to the ongoing Christian celebration of the Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:25). kindness: See…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 8:34

• Forgetting God
• Ingratitude
• Israel

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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