Judges 8:11 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 8:11

And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.

KJV

And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jogbehah is supposed to be Ramoth-gilead; and, therefore, the Midianites must have found refuge at or near Abela, "Abel-cheramim," "the plain of the vineyards."

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֣עַל	vai.Ya.'al	and he went up	H5927 →
גִּדְע֗וֹן	gid.'on	Gideon	H1439 →
דֶּ֚רֶךְ	De.rekh	[the] way of	H1870 →
הַשְּׁכוּנֵ֣י	ha.she.khu.Nei	those [who] dwell	H7931 →
בָֽאֳהָלִ֔ים	vo.'o.ha.Lim	in <the> tents	H168 →
מִקֶּ֥דֶם	mi.Ke.dem	from [the] east	H6924 →
לְנֹ֖בַח	le.Noach	of Nobah	H5025 →
וְיָגְבֳּהָ֑ה	ve.ya.ge.bo.Hah	and Jogbehah	H3011 →
וַיַּךְ֙	vai.yaKh	and he attacked	H5221 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה	ha.ma.cha.Neh	the army	H4264 →
וְהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה	ve.ha.ma.cha.Neh	and the army	H4264 →
הָ֥יָה	Ha.yah	it was	H1961 →
בֶֽטַח׃	Ve.tach	security	H983 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
leads to
- Luke 21:34–35
  But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Matthew 24:37–39
  As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Luke 17:26–30
  Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Revelation 18:7–8
  As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow…
- Psalms 73:18–20
  Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Through
Judges 18:27
After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
leads to
- Joshua 19:47
  (Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there,…
- Judges 18:7
  So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive…
- Judges 18:10
  When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”