Judges 8:35
33 And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
34 The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
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- BSB
- They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
- KJV
- Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
- WEB
- neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
- ASV
- neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, [who is] Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel.
- DARBY
- And they shewed no kindness to the house of Jerubbaal-Gideon, according to all the good that he had done to Israel.
- BLB
- nor did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (Gideon) in accordance with the good that he had done for Israel.
- ÅB
- og heller ikke viste de Jerubba'als, Gideons, hus noen kjærlighet til gjengjeld for alt det gode han hadde gjort mot Israel.
- OTB
- De viste heller ikke godhet mot familien til Jerubba’al (det vil si Gideon) til tross for alle de gode tingene han hadde gjort for Israel.
- B1930
- og heller ikke viste de Jerubba'als, Gideons, hus nogen kjærlighet til gjengjeld for alt det gode han hadde gjort mot Israel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 9:14–15
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
Read in contextJudges 9:5
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
Read in contextJudges 9:16–19
Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
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