Judges 8:28 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 8:28

In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,

BSB

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ASV

So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 (Ps 83:11).

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Lifted up their head - That is, recovered not their former strength or courage, so as to conquer or oppress others. Forty years - To the fortieth year, from the beginning of the Midianitish oppression.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע	vai.yi.ka.Na'	and it was subdued	H3665 →
מִדְיָ֗ן	mid.Yan	Midian	H4080 →
לִפְנֵי֙	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יָסְפ֖וּ	ya.se.Fu	they repeated	H3254 →
לָשֵׂ֣את	la.Set	to lift up	H5375 →
רֹאשָׁ֑ם	ro.Sham	head their	H7218 →
וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט	va.tish.Kot	and it was at peace	H8252 →
הָאָ֛רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
שָׁנָ֖ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
בִּימֵ֥י	bi.Mei	in [the] days of	H3117 →
גִדְעֽוֹן׃ פ	gid.'on	Gideon	H1439 →

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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
Isaiah 9:4
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
leads to
- Isaiah 14:25
  I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
- Jeremiah 30:8
  On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
- Isaiah 10:26–27
  And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
- Nahum 1:13
  For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
- Isaiah 54:14
  In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
Through
Judges 5:31
So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
leads to
- Psalms 37:6
  He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
- 2 Samuel 23:4
  is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
Through
Isaiah 10:26
And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
leads to
- Isaiah 9:4
  For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

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