Judges 8:34
in Judges 8The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
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:
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This verse in Judges 8
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God,.... Or, as the Targum, the worship of the Lord their God; they forgot him, and forsook him, which showed base ingratitude: who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies on every side; not only out of the hands of Midian, but all other nations round about them, as Edom, Moab, Ammon, &c. not one attempting to oppress them.
This site's exposition
died at a ripe old age
on Judges 8:32-35
Gideon dies "at a ripe old age", the phrase Genesis 15:15 and 25:8 use of Abraham, and lies in his father's tomb at Ophrah, where chapter 6 began. The turn comes "as soon as Gideon was dead", the descent of 2:19, and Israel takes up Baal-berith, lord of the covenant, whose temple pays Abimelech's men at 9:4. The chapter ends charging Israel with no kindness to Jerubbaal's house.
This site's exposition
failed to remember the LORD their God
John Gill reports the Targum's reading, that they forgot the worship of the LORD their God. He takes on every side to reach past Midian, since Edom, Moab and Ammon also left Israel in peace in Gideon's days. The Targum turns memory into worship.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
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): They remembered not the Lord, not only who had delivered them into the hands of their enemies, to punish them for their idolatry, but who had also delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, to invite them back again into his service; both the judgments and the mercies were forgotten, and the impressions of them lost.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Remembered not the Lord their God - They attributed their deliverance to some other cause, and did not give him the glory of their salvation.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֤א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| זָֽכְרוּ֙ | zakheru | they remembered | H2142 → | 230 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם | ʾeloheihem | God their | H430 → | 2601 times |
| הַמַּצִּ֥יל | hamatzil | who delivered | H5337 → | 212 times |
| אוֹתָ֛ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִיַּ֥ד | miyad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾoyeveihem | enemies their | H341 → | 282 times |
| מִסָּבִֽיב׃ | misaviv | from round about | H5439 → | 336 times |
וְלֹ֤אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
זָֽכְרוּ֙they remembered
zakheruH2142 →230 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑םGod their
ʾeloheihemH430 →2601 times
הַמַּצִּ֥ילwho delivered
hamatzilH5337 →212 times
אוֹתָ֛ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
מִיַּ֥דfrom [the] hand of
miyadH3027 →1618 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖םenemies their
ʾoyeveihemH341 →282 times
מִסָּבִֽיב׃from round about
misavivH5439 →336 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
Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 6:7
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Deuteronomy 11:19
Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Psalms 78:3–8
that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- Genesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that…
- Deuteronomy 32:46
he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 6:7
Through
Psalms 78:11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
it leads to
- Psalms 106:13
Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 106:13
Through
Psalms 78:42They did not remember His power— the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:21
You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
- Psalms 78:11
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
- Jeremiah 32:21
About Judges
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.