Judges 2:16
Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
Judges 2:16 in other translations
| BSB | Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them. |
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| WEB | The LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them. |
| ASV | And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them. |
| YLT | And Jehovah raiseth up judges, and they save them from the hand of their spoilers; |
| DARBY | And Jehovah raised up judges, and they saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. |
| BBE | Then the Lord gave them judges, as their saviours from the hands of those who were cruel to them. |
| Webster | Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. |
What does Judges 2:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:11-19
Jud 2:11-19. Wickedness of the New Generation after Joshua. 11-19. the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord--This chapter, together with the first eight verses of the next [Jud 2:11-3:8], contains a brief but comprehensive summary of the principles developed in the following history. An attentive consideration of them, therefore, is of the greatest importance to a right understanding of the strange…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 2:6-23
We have a general idea of the course of things in Israel, during the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as mean and miserable by forsaking God, as they would have been great and happy if they had continued faithful to him. Their punishment answered to the evil they had done. They served the gods of the nations round about them, even the meanest, and God made them serve the princes of the nations round…
Judges 2:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 2:16
- Acts 13:20
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
- Psalms 106:43-45
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. 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.
- 1 Samuel 12:11
And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
- Nehemiah 9:27
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
- Judges 3:15
But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
- Judges 4:5
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth–el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
- Judges 3:9-10
And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan–rishathaim.
- Judges 6:14
And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:9,10,15; 4:5; 6:14; 1Sa 12:11; Ac 13:20
judges.The {shophetim} were not judges in the usual sense of the term; but were heads or chiefs of the Israelites, raised up on extraordinary occasions, who directed and ruled the nation with sovereign power, administered justice, made peace or war, and led the armies over whom they presided. Officers with the same power, and nearly the same name, were established in New Tyre, after the termination of the regal state; and the Carthaginian Suffetes, the Athenian Archons, and the Roman Dictators, appear to have been nearly the same.
delivered. Heb. saved.
Ne 9:27; Ps 106:43-45
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Judges 2:15
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
- Judges 2:16
Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
- Judges 2:17
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.
Judges 2:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas Jehová suscitó jueces que los librasen de mano de los que los despojaban. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’ Éternel suscita des juges; et ils les délivrèrent de la main de ceux qui les pillaient. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Jehova erweckte Richter; und sie retteten sie aus der Hand ihrer Plünderer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Suscitavitque Dominus judices, qui liberarent eos de vastantium manibus: sed nec eos audire voluerunt, |