Judges 8 · Verse 11

Judges 8:11

And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
Judges 8:11, King James Version

Judges 8:11 in other translations

BSBAnd Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
WEBGideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army felt secure.
ASVAnd Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
YLTAnd Gideon goeth up the way of those who tabernacle in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smiteth the camp, and the camp was confident;
DARBYAnd Gideon went up by the way of them that dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the camp; for the camp was at its ease.
BBEAnd Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.
WebsterAnd Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

What does Judges 8:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east--He tracked the fugitives across the mountain range of Gilead to the northeast of the Jabbok, and there came upon them unexpectedly while they were resting secure among their own nomadic tribes. Jogbehah is supposed to be Ramoth-gilead; and, therefore, the Midianites must have found refuge at or near Abela, "Abel-cheramim," "the plain of the vineyards."

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 8:4-12

Gideon's men were faint, yet pursuing; fatigued with what they had done, yet eager to do more against their enemies. It is many a time the true Christian's case, fainting, and yet pursuing. The world knows but little of the persevering and successful struggle the real believer maintains with his sinful heart. But he betakes himself to that Divine strength, in the faith of which he began his conflict, and by the…

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Judges 8:11 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.

וַיַּ֣עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
גִּדְע֗וֹןgid.'onGideonH1439
דֶּ֚רֶךְDe.rekh[the] way ofH1870
הַשְּׁכוּנֵ֣יha.she.khu.Neithose [who] dwellH7931
בָֽאֳהָלִ֔יםvo.'o.ha.Limin <the> tentsH168
מִקֶּ֥דֶםmi.Ke.demfrom [the] eastH6924
לְנֹ֖בַחle.Noachof NobahH5025
וְיָגְבֳּהָ֑הve.ya.ge.bo.Hahand JogbehahH3011
וַיַּךְ֙vai.yaKhand he attackedH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הha.ma.cha.Nehthe armyH4264
וְהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הve.ha.ma.cha.Nehand the armyH4264
הָ֥יָהHa.yahit wasH1961
בֶֽטַח\׃Ve.tachsecurityH983

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

Cross references for Judges 8:11

  • Numbers 32:35

    And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

  • Numbers 32:42

    And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • Judges 18:27

    And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

  • 1 Samuel 30:16

    And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

  • 1 Samuel 15:32

    Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nobah.Nobah took its name from an Israelite who conquered it; and is said by Eusebius to have been, in his time, a forsaken place eight miles south from Heshbon. Jogbehah was probably near it.
Nu 32:35,42
secure.
18:27; 1Sa 15:32; 30:16; 1Th 5:3

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Context

  • Judges 8:10

    Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

  • Judges 8:11

    And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

  • Judges 8:12

    And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

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Judges 8:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y subiendo Gedeón hacia los que habitaban en tiendas, á la parte oriental de Noba y de Jogbea, hirió el campo, porque estaba el ejército sin recelo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Gédéon monta par le chemin de ceux qui habitent dans les tentes, à l’orient de Nobakh et de Jogbeha, et il frappa le camp; et le camp était en sécurité.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Gideon zog hinauf des Weges zu den Zeltbewohnern, östlich von Nobach und Jogbeha; und er schlug das Lager, und das Lager war sorglos.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ascendensque Gedeon per viam eorum, qui in tabernaculis morabantur, ad orientalem partem Nobe et Jegbaa, percussit castra hostium, qui securi erant, et nihil adversi suspicabantur.