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Judges 8:34
34And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their 1God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side.
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
32And 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. 33And it came to pass when Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after the Baals, and set up Baal-Berith as their god. And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side. 35And they shewed no kindness to the house of Jerubbaal-Gideon, according to all the good that he had done to Israel.
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וְלֹ֤א זָֽכְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם הַמַּצִּ֥יל אוֹתָ֛ם מִיַּ֥ד כָּל־אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם מִסָּבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Judges 8:34
- Psalms 78:11And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.
- Psalms 106:18And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
- Jeremiah 2:32Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me 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
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- 1. Judges 8:34 8.34 Elohim ↩
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
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