Judges 8:28 “In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise…”

Judges 8:28

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,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

American Standard Version

So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus was Midian brought lowe before the children of Israel, so that they lift vp their heads no more: and the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeeres in the dayes of Gideon.

Darby Translation

And Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

Young's Literal Translation

And Midian is humbled before the sons of Israel, and have not added to lift up their head; and the land resteth forty years in the days of Gideon.

Bible in Basic English

So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

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Cross references

“was Midian”

Psalm 83:9–12 Isaiah 9:4 Isaiah 10:26

Psalm 83:9–12 · BSB

Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

Isaiah 9:4 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 10:26 · BSB

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.

“forty years”

Judges 5:31 Judges 3:11 Judges 3:30

Judges 5:31 · BSB

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 3:11 · BSB

So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Judges 3:30 · BSB

So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

29and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.

Read Judges 8