Judges 8:28

Judges 8:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
• New International Version (NIV)Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace forty years.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
• New Living Translation (NLT)That is the story of how the people of Israel defeated Midian, which never recovered. Throughout the rest of Gideon’s lifetime—about forty years—there was peace in the land.

Context of Judges 8:28

26Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels’ necks. 27Then Gideon made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, Ophrah. And all Israel played the harlot with it there. It became a snare to Gideon and to his house. Thus Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted their heads no more. And the country was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon. 29Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 30Gideon had seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives.

Judges 8:28 word by word

וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע מִדְיָ֗ן לִפְנֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלֹ֥א יָסְפ֖וּ לָשֵׂ֣את רֹאשָׁ֑ם וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָאָ֛רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה בִּימֵ֥י גִדְעֽוֹן׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus was Midianמִדְיָןmidyân · MidianH4080
• subduedכָּנַעkâna‛ · be humbleH3665
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• so that they lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• their headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• no moreיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• And the countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• was in quietnessשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Gideonגִּדְעוֹןgid‛ôn · GideonH1439

People and places in Judges 8:28

• Gideon
• Israel
• Midian

Cross-references for Judges 8:28

• Psalms 83:9Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
• Isaiah 9:4For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian.
• Isaiah 10:26And the Lord of hosts will stir up a scourge for him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; as His rod was on the sea, so will He lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
• Judges 3:11So the land had rest for forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
• Judges 5:31“Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But let those who love Him be like the sun When it comes out in full strength.” So the land had rest for forty years.

Commentaries on Judges 8:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Forty years in the days of Gideon - The Midianites were so completely humbled that they could make head no more against Israel during the forty years in which the government of Gideon lasted.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-28Verses 22-28 Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God. Gideon thought to keep up the remembrance of this victory by an ephod, made of the choicest of the spoils. But probably this ephod had, as usual, a teraphim annexed to it, and Gideon intended this for an oracle to be consulted. Many are led into false ways by one false step of a good man. It became a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28When there was peace in the land (see study note on Judges 3:7–11) before Abimelech, it lasted for periods of twenty years (3:11, 30; 5:31). After Gideon, these periods became shorter. Israel's ongoing disobedience led to more social instability (compare Judges 17–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel--This invasion of the Arab hordes into Canaan was as alarming and desolating as the irruption of the Huns into Europe. It was the severest scourge ever inflicted upon Israel; and both it and the deliverance under Gideon lived for centuries in the minds of the people (Psa 83:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 8:28

• Forty
• Israel

In the dictionaries

• Gideon
• Israel
• Midian
• Children of Israel
• Request
• Resemble
• Zebah
• Abdon (1)
• Gesture
• Government

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