New King James Version
Judges 10:16
16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.
Judges 10:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the Lord. And he was grieved by their misery.
Context of Judges 10:16
14“Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.” 15And the children of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems best to You; only deliver us this day, we pray.” So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel. 17Then the people of Ammon gathered together and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled together and encamped in Mizpah. 18And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin the fight against the people of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
Read all of Judges 10Judges 10:16 word by word
וַיָּסִ֜ירוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ מִקִּרְבָּ֔ם וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וַתִּקְצַ֥ר נַפְשׁ֖וֹ בַּעֲמַ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they put awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
- the strangeנֵכָרnêkâr · foreignH5236
- godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- from amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- them, and servedעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- and his soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
- was grievedקָצֵרqâtsar · be shortH7114
- for the miseryעָמָל‛âmâl · troubleH5999
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
People and places in Judges 10:16
Cross-references for Judges 10:16
- 2 Chronicles 7:14if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
- 2 Chronicles 15:8And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of the Lord that was before the vestibule of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 33:15He took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem; and he cast them out of the city.
- Jeremiah 18:7The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it,
- Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.
- Hosea 14:1O Israel, return to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;
- Genesis 6:6And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
- Psalms 106:44Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;
- Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the Angel of His Presence saved them; In His love and in His pity He redeemed them; And He bore them and carried them All the days of old.
- Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
- Hosea 11:8“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred.
- Luke 15:20“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
- Luke 19:41Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,
- John 11:34And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
- Ephesians 4:32And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
- Hebrews 3:10Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’
Commentaries on Judges 10:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel - What a proof of the philanthropy of God! Here his compassions moved on a small scale; but it was the same principle that led him to give his Son Jesus Christ to be a sacrifice for the sins of the Whole world. God grieves for the miseries to which his creatures are reduced by their own sins. Be astonished, ye heavens, at this; and shout for joy, all ye inhabitants of the earth! for, through the love…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 God is able to multiply men's punishments according to the numbers of their sins and idols. But there is hope when sinners cry to the Lord for help, and lament their ungodliness as well as their more open transgressions. It is necessary, in true repentance, that there be a full conviction that those things cannot help us which we have set in competition with God. They acknowledged what they deserved, yet prayed to God not to deal with them…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-16The Lord responded to his people's complete abandonment by allowing severe oppression (Judges 10:8). As usual, Israel called out to the Lord for help (Judges 10:10) only after facing great hardship (10:9). Normally, Israel's cry led to divine help, but God's choice to leave them to their chosen gods marks a change in the cycle described in Judges 2:10–19. Only when the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the Lord did he act to save them…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1816. they put away the strange gods ... and served the Lord; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel--On their abandonment of idolatry and return to purity of worship, God graciously abridged the term of national affliction and restored times of peace.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 10
- 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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