Context 23But Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you. 24Yet Gideon said to them, I would request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his spoil. (For they had gold earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 25They said, We will surely give them. So they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring there from his spoil. 26The weight of the gold earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the neck bands that were on their camels necks. 27Gideon made it into an ephod, and placed it in his city, Ophrah, and all Israel played the harlot with it there, so that it became a snare to Gideon and his household. Forty Years of Peace 28So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift up their heads anymore. And the land was undisturbed for forty years in the days of Gideon. 29Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. 30Now Gideon had seventy sons who were his direct descendants, for he had many wives. 31His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech. 32And Gideon the son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 33Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god. 34Thus the sons of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side; 35nor did they show kindness to the household of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in accord with all the good that he had done to Israel. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah shall rule over you. Douay-Rheims Bible And he said to them: I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you, but the Lord shall rule over you. Darby Bible Translation Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you." English Revised Version And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. Webster's Bible Translation And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. World English Bible Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you." Young's Literal Translation And Gideon saith unto them, 'I do not rule over you, nor doth my son rule over you; Jehovah doth rule over you.' Library September 21. "Faint, yet Pursuing" (Judges viii. 4). "Faint, yet pursuing" (Judges viii. 4). It is a great thing thus to learn to depend upon God to work through our feeble resources, and yet, while so depending, to be absolutely faithful and diligent, and not allow our trust to deteriorate into supineness and indolence. We find no sloth or negligence in Gideon, or his three hundred; though they were weak and few, they were wholly true, and everything in them ready for God to use to the very last. "Faint yet pursuing" was their watchword as they followed … Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth The Christian Faith Subjects of Study. Home Education in Israel; Female Education. Elementary Schools, Schoolmasters, and School Arrangements. Of the Power of Making Laws. The Cruelty of the Pope and his Adherents, in this Respect, in Tyrannically Oppressing and Destroying Souls. Judges Links Judges 8:23 NIV • Judges 8:23 NLT • Judges 8:23 ESV • Judges 8:23 NASB • Judges 8:23 KJV • Judges 8:23 Bible Apps • Judges 8:23 Parallel • Bible Hub |