Judges 8 · Verse 33

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.
Judges 8:33, King James Version

Judges 8:33 in other translations

BSBAnd as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
WEBAs soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again and played the prostitute following the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
ASVAnd it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, when Gideon is dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;
DARBYAnd it came to pass when Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after the Baals, and set up Baal-Berith as theirgod.
BBEAnd after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.
WebsterAnd it came to pass as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went astray after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

What does Judges 8:33 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 A whoring after Baalim - This term has probably a different meaning here from what it has Jdg 8:7; for it is very likely that in most parts of the pagan worship there were many impure rites, so that going a whoring after Baalim may be taken in a literal sense. Baal-berith - Literally, the lord of the covenant; the same as Jupiter faederis, or Mercury, among the Romans; the deity whose business it was to preside over compacts, leagues, treaties, covenants, etc. Some of the versions understand it as if the Israelites had made a covenant or agreement to have Baal for their god; so the Vulgate: Percusseruntque cum Baal faedus, ut esset eis in deum.

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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 8:33 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.

וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ka.'a.Sherjust whenH834
מֵ֣תmethe had diedH4191
גִּדְע֔וֹןgid.'onGideonH1439
וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙vai.ya.Shu.vuand they turned backH7725
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיִּזְנ֖וּvai.yiz.Nuand they acted as prostitutesH2181
אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הַבְּעָלִ֑יםha.be.'a.Limthe BaalsH1168
וַיָּשִׂ֧ימוּvai.ya.Si.muand they madeH7760
לָהֶ֛םla.Hemfor <the> themselves
בַּ֥עַלBa.'alBaal-H1170
בְּרִ֖יתbe.RitBerithH1170
לֵאלֹהִֽים\׃le.lo.Himinto godH430

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Cross references for Judges 8:33

  • Judges 9:4

    And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal–berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

  • Judges 9:46

    And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

  • Judges 2:19

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 3:9

    And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:17-18

    Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

  • Exodus 34:15-16

    Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

  • Judges 2:7-11

    And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel. And 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–heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. …

  • Judges 9:27

    And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

  • Joshua 24:31

    And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.

  • 2 Kings 12:2

    And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

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as soon.
2:7-10,17,19; Jos 24:31; 2Ki 12:2; 2Ch 24:17,18
went.
27; 2:17; Ex 34:15,16; Jer 3:9
Baal-berith.Literally, "the lord of the covenant."
9:4,46

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Context

  • 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.

  • Judges 8:34

    And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:

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Judges 8:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aconteció que como murió Gedeón, los hijos de Israel tornaron, y fornicaron en pos de los Baales, y se pusieron por Dios á Baal-berith.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quand Gédéon fut mort, il arriva que les fils d’Israël retournèrent et se prostituèrent après les Baals, et ils s’établirent Baal-Berith pour dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah, als Gideon tot war, da hurten die Kinder Israel wiederum den Baalim nach und machten sich den Baal-Berith zum Gott.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Postquam autem mortuus est Gedeon, aversi sunt filii Israël, et fornicati sunt cum Baalim. Percusseruntque cum Baal fœdus, ut esset eis in deum: