Judges 8:28
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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.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,
In other translations
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.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,
Hebrew words
וַיִּכָּנַעvaiyikana'and it was subduedH3665מִדְיָןmidyanMidianH4080לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יָסְפוּyasefuthey repeatedH3254לָשֵׂאתlasetto lift upH5375רֹאשָׁםroshamhead theirH7218וַתִּשְׁקֹטvatishkotand it was at peaceH8252הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776אַרְבָּעִים'arba'imfortyH705שָׁנָהshanahyear[s]H8141בִּימֵיbimeiin [the] days ofH3117גִדְעוֹן׃ פgid'onGideonH1439
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Related verses
- Judges 5:31So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.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.
- Judges 3:11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- Isaiah 9:4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.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.
- Judges 3:30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
- Isaiah 10:26And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.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.
- Psalm 83:9-129 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.9 Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon, 10 who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, 12 who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
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People and places
Places: Midian