Judges 8 · Verse 34

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:
Judges 8:34, King James Version

Judges 8:34 in other translations

BSBThe Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
WEBThe children of Israel didn’t remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
ASVAnd the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
YLTand the sons of Israel have not remembered Jehovah their God, who is delivering them out of the hand of all their enemies round about,
DARBYAnd the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side.
BBEAnd the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;
WebsterAnd the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side:

What does Judges 8:34 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 Remembered not the Lord their God - They attributed their deliverance to some other cause, and did not give him the glory of their salvation.

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 8:34 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.

וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808
זָֽכְרוּ֙za.khe.Ruthey rememberedH2142
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemGod theirH430
הַמַּצִּ֥ילha.ma.Tzilwho deliveredH5337
אוֹתָ֛ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
מִיַּ֥דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם'o.ye.vei.Hemenemies theirH341
מִסָּבִֽיב\׃mi.sa.Vivfrom round aboutH5439

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

Cross references for Judges 8:34

  • Psalms 78:42

    They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

  • Psalms 106:21

    They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

  • Psalms 78:11

    And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

  • Jeremiah 2:32

    Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

  • Psalms 106:18

    And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

  • 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.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:1

    Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
remembered.
Ps 78:11,42; 106:18,21; Ec 12:1; Jer 2:32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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:

  • Judges 8:35

    Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.

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Judges 8:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y no se acordaron los hijos de Israel de Jehová su Dios, que los había librado de todos sus enemigos alrededor:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les fils d’Israël ne se souvinrent pas de l’ Éternel, leur Dieu, qui les avait délivrés de la main de tous leurs ennemis tout à l’entour;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Kinder Israel gedachten nicht Jehovas, ihres Gottes, der sie errettet hatte aus der Hand aller ihrer Feinde ringsum.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
nec recordati sunt Domini Dei sui, qui eruit eos de manibus inimicorum suorum omnium per circuitum: