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

32Gideon, son of Joash, died at a very old age. He was buried in the tomb of his father Joash at Ophrah, the city belonging to Abiezer’s family. 33As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel chased after other gods—the Baals—as though they were prostitutes. They made Baal Berith their god. The Israelites did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from all the enemies around them. 35And they were not kind to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) despite all the good 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• rememberedזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• not the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• who had deliveredנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• them out of the handsיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of all 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 miracles that he had shown them.
• Psalms 106:18A fire broke out among their followers. Flames burned up wicked people.
• Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator when you are young, before the days of trouble come and the years catch up with you. They will make you say, “I have found no pleasure in them.”
• Jeremiah 2:32A young woman can’t forget her jewelry or a bride her veils. Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days.

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