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Judges 4:1

EhudIsrael
Sin
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

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BSB
After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
KJV
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
WEB
The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
ASV
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, when Ehud was dead.
DARBY
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; now Ehud was dead.
BLB
And the sons of Israel again did evil in the eyes of YHWH, and Ehud was dead.
ÅB
Da Ehud var død, gjorde Israels barn nok en gang det som var ondt i Herrens øyne.
OTB
Igjen gjorde israelittene det som var ondt i Herrens øyne etter at Ehud var død.
B1930
Da Ehud var død, gjorde Israels barn atter det som var ondt i Herrens øine.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 5:3

    O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

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  • Leviticus 26:23–25

    And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

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  • Judges 3:12

    And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  • Judges 10:6

    And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.

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  • Psalms 106:43–45

    Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

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  • Judges 3:7

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

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  • Judges 2:19–20

    And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

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  • Judges 2:11

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

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