Judges 10:15
in Judges 10“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the children of Israel said unto Jehovah, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day.
KJV
And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
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This verse in Judges 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseNote, True penitents dare and will refer themselves to God to correct them as he thinks fit, knowing that their sin is highly malignant in its deserts, and that God is not rigorous or extreme in his demands. They supplicate for God's mercy: Deliver us only, we pray thee, this day, from this enemy.
This site's exposition
Deal with us as You see fit
on Judges 10:15-16
This is the one round of the cycle where the people themselves put the foreign gods away. The Hebrew behind "He could no longer bear the misery of Israel" is the shortening of soul used of the people at Numbers 21:4 and of Samson at 16:16. Clarke reads compassion like that which gives the Son for the world, and Keil and Delitzsch read God growing impatient of the suffering.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Do thou unto us - Do not give us up into the hands of these cruel men, but do thou chastise us with thine own hand as much as thou pleasest; if we be not more faithful and constant to thee, than we have hitherto been.
And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, we have sinned,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
We have sinned - The reprehension of this people was kind, pointed, and solemn; and their repentance deep. And they gave proofs that their repentance was genuine, by putting away all their idols: but they were ever fickle and uncertain.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Could not contain Himself at [Yisroel's] anguish. As if one could depict God as lacking the space to bear and encompass His pain at Yisroel's anguish.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| חָטָ֔אנוּ | chatanu | we have sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| עֲשֵׂה־ | ʾaseh- | do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אַתָּ֣ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| לָ֔נוּ | lanu | to <the> us | ||
| כְּכָל־ | kekhol- | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַטּ֖וֹב | hatov | the good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ | beeineikha | in view your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| אַ֛ךְ | ʾakh | only | H389 → | 161 times |
| הַצִּילֵ֥נוּ | hatzilenu | deliver us | H5337 → | 212 times |
| נָ֖א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
בְנֵי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
חָטָ֔אנוּwe have sinned
chatanuH2398 →238 times
עֲשֵׂה־do
ʾaseh-H6213 →2628 times
אַתָּ֣הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
לָ֔נוּto <the> us
lanu
כְּכָל־according to all
kekhol-H3605 →5413 times
הַטּ֖וֹבthe good
hatovH2896 →538 times
בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָin view your
beeineikhaH5869 →887 times
אַ֛ךְonly
ʾakhH389 →161 times
הַצִּילֵ֥נוּdeliver us
hatzilenuH5337 →212 times
נָ֖אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
it leads to
- 1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- Psalms 32:3–5
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Job 31:33
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
- Luke 15:18–24
I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
- Jeremiah 3:12–13
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be…
- 1 John 1:8–10
Through
2 Samuel 24:14David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
it leads to
- Psalms 119:156
Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
- Psalms 51:1
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
- Psalms 119:156
Through
2 Samuel 15:26But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 3:18
So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
- 1 Samuel 3:18
About Judges
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.