Judges 8 · Verse 32

Judges 8:32

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.
Judges 8:32, King James Version

Judges 8:32 in other translations

BSBLater, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
WEBGideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
ASVAnd Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
YLTAnd Gideon son of Joash dieth, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite.
DARBYAnd Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
BBEAnd Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
WebsterAnd Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

What does Judges 8:32 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 Gideon - died in a good old age - Supposed to have been A.M. 2799; b.c. 1205.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 8:29-35

As soon as Gideon was dead, who kept the people to the worship of the God of Israel, they found themselves under no restraint; then they went after Baalim, and showed no kindness to the family of Gideon. No wonder if those who forget their God, forget their friends. Yet conscious of our own ingratitude to the Lord, and observing that of mankind in general, we should learn to be patient under any unkind returns we…

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Judges 8:32 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.

וַיָּ֛מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191
גִּדְע֥וֹןgid.'onGideonH1439
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יוֹאָ֖שׁyo.'AshJoashH3101
בְּשֵׂיבָ֣הbe.sei.Vahin old ageH7872
טוֹבָ֑הto.VahgoodH2896
וַיִּקָּבֵ֗רvai.yi.ka.Verand he was buriedH6912
בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙be.Ke.verin [the] tomb ofH6913
יוֹאָ֣שׁyo.'AshJoashH3101
אָבִ֔יו'a.Vivfather hisH1
בְּעָפְרָ֖הbe.'a.fe.Rahin OphrahH6084
אֲבִ֥י'a.Viof [the] Abi-H33
הָֽעֶזְרִֽי\׃\ \פHa.'ez.Ri<the> -ezrite[s]H33

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Cross references for Judges 8:32

  • Genesis 25:8

    Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

  • Job 42:17

    So Job died, being old and full of days.

  • Judges 6:24

    Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.

  • Job 5:26

    Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

  • Genesis 15:15

    And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

  • Judges 8:27

    And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

  • Joshua 24:29-30

    And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
died in.
Ge 15:15; 25:8; Jos 24:29,30; Job 5:26; 42:17
Ophrah.
27; 6:24

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Context

  • Judges 8:31

    And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

  • Judges 8:32

    And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.

  • Judges 8:33

    And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal–berith their god.

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Judges 8:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y murió Gedeón hijo de Joas en buena vejez, y fué sepultado en el sepulcro de su padre Joas, en Ophra de los Abiezeritas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Gédéon, fils de Joas, mourut dans une bonne vieillesse, et fut enterré dans le sépulcre de Joas, son père, à Ophra des Abiézerites.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Gideon, der Sohn Joas, starb in gutem Alter; und er wurde begraben im Grabe seines Vaters Joas, zu Ophra der Abieseriter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Mortuusque est Gedeon filius Joas in senectute bona, et sepultus est in sepulchro Joas patris sui in Ephra de familia Ezri.