Judges 10 · Verse 16

Judges 10:16

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Judges 10:16, King James Version

Judges 10:16 in other translations

BSBSo they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
WEBThey put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
ASVAnd they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
YLTAnd they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.
DARBYAnd they put away the strangegods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
BBESo they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.
WebsterAnd they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

What does Judges 10:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jud 10:16-18. They Repent; God Pities Them.

16. they put away the strange gods ... and served the Lord; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel--On their abandonment of idolatry and return to purity of worship, God graciously abridged the term of national affliction and restored times of peace.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel - What a proof of the philanthropy of God! Here his compassions moved on a small scale; but it was the same principle that led him to give his Son Jesus Christ to be a sacrifice for the sins of the Whole world. God grieves for the miseries to which his creatures are reduced by their own sins. Be astonished, ye heavens, at this; and shout for joy, all ye inhabitants of the earth! for, through the love whence this compassion flowed, God has visited and redeemed a lost world!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 10:10-18

God is able to multiply men's punishments according to the numbers of their sins and idols. But there is hope when sinners cry to the Lord for help, and lament their ungodliness as well as their more open transgressions. It is necessary, in true repentance, that there be a full conviction that those things cannot help us which we have set in competition with God. They acknowledged what they deserved, yet prayed to…

Read the full comment on Judges 10:10-18 →

Judges 10:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּסִ֜ירוּvai.ya.Si.ruand they removedH5493
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.Hei[the] gods ofH430
הַנֵּכָר֙ha.ne.Khar<the> foreignnessH5236
מִקִּרְבָּ֔םmi.kir.Bamfrom midst theirH7130
וַיַּעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.Duand they servedH5647
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַתִּקְצַ֥רva.tik.Tzarand it was shortH7114
נַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.Shoself hisH5315
בַּעֲמַ֥לba.'a.Malat [the] trouble ofH5999
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃\ \פYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 10:16

  • Isaiah 63:9

    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  • Psalms 106:44-45

    Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

  • Jeremiah 31:20

    Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

  • Hosea 11:8

    How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

  • Luke 19:41

    And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

  • Luke 15:20

    And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:8

    And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 32:36

    For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:14

    If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

  • Jeremiah 18:7-8

    At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

  • Hosea 14:1-3

    O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:15

    And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they put.
2Ch 7:14; 15:8; 33:15; Jer 18:7,8; Eze 18:30-32; Ho 14:1-3,8
strange gods. Heb. gods of strangers. his soul.
Ge 6:6; Ps 106:44,45; Isa 63:9; Jer 31:20; Ho 11:8; Lu 15:20; 19:41
Joh 11:34; Eph 4:32; Heb 3:10; 4:15
grieved. Heb. shortened.Not that there is any grief in God; he has infinite joy and happiness in himself, which cannot be broken in upon by either the sins or the miseries of his creatures. Not that there is any change in God; for he is of one mind, and who can turn him? But his goodness is his glory; by it he proclaims his name, and magnifies it; and as he is pleased to put himself into the relation of a father to his people, so he is pleased to represent his goodness to them by the compassion of a father to his children; for as he is the Father of lights, so is he the Father of mercies.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 10:15

    And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

  • Judges 10:16

    And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

  • Judges 10:17

    Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.

Read all of Judges 10

Judges 10:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y quitaron de entre sí los dioses ajenos, y sirvieron á Jehová: y su alma fué angustiada á causa del trabajo de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils ôtèrent du milieu d’eux les dieux étrangers, et servirent l’ Éternel; et son âme fut en peine de la misère d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie taten die fremden Götter aus ihrer Mitte hinweg und dienten Jehova; und seine Seele wurde ungeduldig über die Mühsal Israels.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quæ dicentes, omnia de finibus suis alienorum deorum idola projecerunt, et servierunt Domino Deo: qui doluit super miseriis eorum.