Judges 8:29

Judges 8:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
• New International Version (NIV)Jerub-Baal son of Joash went back home to live.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

Context of Judges 8:29

27Gideon used the gold to make an image of an ephod. He put it in Ophrah, where he lived. All the Israelites came there and they worshipped the image. It caused them to turn away from the true God. It became like a trap that caught Gideon and his family. 28The Israelites now had complete power over the Midianites. The Midianites were too ashamed to fight against them. While Gideon was alive, the land of Israel had peace for 40 years. Then Gideon went back home to live. 30He had many wives. They gave birth to 70 sons for him. 31Gideon also had a slave wife who lived in Shechem. She gave birth to a son for him. Gideon called him Abimelech.

Judges 8:29 word by word

וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ יְרֻבַּ֥עַל בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Jerubbaalיְרֻבַּ֫עַלyerûbba‛al · JerubbaalH3378
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Joashיוֹאָשׁyô'âsh yô'âsh · JoashH3101
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in his own houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Judges 8:29

• Judges 6:32So after that, people called Gideon ‘Jerub-Baal’. That was because Joash had said, ‘Baal should fight for himself. He himself should punish the person who pulled down his altar.’
• 1 Samuel 12:11So the Lord sent Gideon, Barak, Jephthah and Samuel to help you. The Lord saved you from all your enemies so that you could live safely.
• Nehemiah 5:14All the time that I ruled the land of Judah, I did not eat the government officer's special food. I was the ruler from the 20th year of King Artaxerxes until his 32nd year as king. For all those 12 years, I and my relatives refused to eat the special food.

Commentaries on Judges 8:29

• 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

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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