Judges 6:32
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
Judges 6:32 in other translations
| BSB | So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar. |
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| WEB | Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, “Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.” |
| ASV | Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar. |
| YLT | And he calleth him, on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, ‘The Baal doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.' |
| DARBY | And on that day they called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead with him, because he has broken down his altar. |
| BBE | So that day he gave him the name of Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal take up his cause against him because his altar has been broken down. |
| Webster | Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. |
What does Judges 6:32 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:24-32
24-32. it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him--The transaction in which Gideon is here described as engaged was not entered on till the night after the vision.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 6:25-32
See the power of God's grace, that he could raise up a reformer; and the kindness of his grace, that he would raise up a deliverer, out of the family of a leader in idolatry. Gideon must not think it enough not to worship at that altar; he must throw it down, and offer sacrifice on another. It was needful he should make peace with God, before he made war on Midian. Till sin be pardoned through the great Sacrifice…
Judges 6:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 6:32
- 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.
- Judges 7:1
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
- 2 Samuel 11:21
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
- Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal–peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
- Jeremiah 11:13
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
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Context
- Judges 6:31
And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
- Judges 6:32
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
- Judges 6:33
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
Judges 6:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y aquel día llamó él á Gedeón Jerobaal; porque dijo: Pleitee Baal contra el que derribó su altar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et en ce jour on appela Gédéon Jerubbaal, en disant: Que Baal plaide contre lui, car il a démoli son autel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und man nannte ihn an selbigem Tage Jerub-Baal, indem man sprach: Der Baal rechte mit ihm, weil er seinen Altar umgerissen hat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ex illo die vocatus est Gedeon Jerobaal, eo quod dixisset Joas: Ulciscatur se de eo Baal, qui suffodit aram ejus. |