Judges 8:33

What does Judges 8:33 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 8:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal–berith their god.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And it cometh to pass, when Gideon <FI>is<Fi> dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But after Gedeon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and committed fornication with Baalim. And they made a covenant with Baal, that he should be their god:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And it came to pass when Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after the Baals, and set up Baal-Berith as theirgod.

Context

v.32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

v.33This passage

v.34And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 24:31

    And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah, that he had wrought for Israel.

  • 2 Kings 12:2

    And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

  • Judges 8:27

    And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the harlot after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

  • Judges 2:7

    And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.

  • Judges 2:19

    But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.

  • Judges 9:46

    And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

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