Judges 4:1
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
Judges 4:1 in other translations
| BSB | After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD. |
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| WEB | The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, when Ehud was dead. |
| ASV | And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, when Ehud was dead. |
| YLT | And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah when Ehud is dead, |
| DARBY | And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; now Ehud was dead. |
| BBE | And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord when Ehud was dead. |
| Webster | And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, after Ehud was dead. |
What does Judges 4:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Jud 4:1-17. Deborah and Barak Deliver Israel from Jabin and Sisera.
1. The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead--The removal of the zealous judge Ehud again left his infatuated countrymen without the restraint of religion.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The Israelites again rebel against God, and they are delivered into the hands of Jabin, king of Canaan, Jdg 4:1, Jdg 4:2. They cry unto God, and he raises up Deborah and Barak to deliver then, Jdg 4:3-10. Some account of Heber the Kenite, Jdg 4:11. Barak attacks Sisera, captain of Jabin's army, at the river Kishon, and gives him a total overthrow, Jdg 4:12-16. Sisera leaves his chariot, and flies away on foot; enters the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber, by whom he is slain, while secreting himself in her apartment, Jdg 4:17-24. Verse 1 When Ehud was dead - Why not when Shamgar was dead? Does this not intimate that Shamgar was not reckoned in the number of the judges?Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 4:1-3
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Judges 4:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 4:1
- Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- Leviticus 26:23-25
And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
- Judges 3:12
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.
- Judges 10:6
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him.
- 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.
- Judges 3:7
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
- Judges 2:19-20
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
- Judges 2:11
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:
- Judges 6:1
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
- Nehemiah 9:23-30
Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
17 Jael kills Sisera.
A.M. 2699. B.C. 1305. An. Ex. Is. 186. did evil.
2:11,19,20; 3:7,12; 6:1; 10:6; Le 26:23-25; Ne 9:23-30
Ps 106:43-45; Jer 5:3
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Context
- Judges 4:1
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
- Judges 4:2
And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
Judges 4:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | MAS los hijos de Israel tornaron á hacer lo malo en ojos de Jehová, después de la muerte de Aod. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | *Et les fils d’Israël firent de nouveau ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’ Éternel; or Éhud était mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder Israel taten wiederum, was böse war in den Augen Jehovas; und Ehud war gestorben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Addideruntque filii Israël facere malum in conspectu Domini post mortem Aod, |