Judges 8:32

Judges 8:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And 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.
• New International Version (NIV)Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Context of Judges 8:32

30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. 31And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. And 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, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal–berith their god. 34And the children of Israel remembered not Yhwh their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:

Judges 8:32 word by word

וַיָּ֛מָת גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה טוֹבָ֑ה וַיִּקָּבֵ֗ר בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙ יוֹאָ֣שׁ אָבִ֔יו בְּעָפְרָ֖ה אֲבִ֥י הָֽעֶזְרִֽי׃ פRead the interlinear

• And Gideonגִּדְעוֹןgid‛ôn · GideonH1439
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Joashיוֹאָשׁyô'âsh yô'âsh · JoashH3101
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in a goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• old ageשֵׂיבָהώêybâh · hoary headH7872
• and was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• in the sepulchreקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• in Ophrahעׇפְרָה‛ophrâh · OphrahH6084
• of the Abi–ezritesאֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי'ăbîy hâ‛ezrîy · AbiezriteH33

Cross-references for Judges 8:32

• Genesis 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
• Genesis 25:8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
• Joshua 24:29And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yhwh, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
• Job 5:26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of grain cometh in in his season.
• Job 42:17So Job died, being old and full of days.
• Judges 8:27And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
• Judges 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there unto Yhwh, and called it Jehovah–shalom, Yhwh Is Peace: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.

Commentaries on Judges 8:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Gideon - died in a good old age - Supposed to have been A.M. 2799; b.c. 1205.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. 29-32Old age usually shows divine blessing, but Gideon's spiritual blessing and leadership declined.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 8:32

• Gideon
• Joash
• Ophrah

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• Gideon
• Joash
• Abiezrite
• Ophrah
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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