Judges 10:7

7 he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,

Judges 10:7 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
English Standard Version (ESV)
7 So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites,
New Living Translation (NLT)
7 So the LORD burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites,
The Message Bible (MSG)
7 And God exploded in hot anger at Israel and sold them off to the Philistines and Ammonites, who,
American Standard Version (ASV)
7 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
7 The LORD became angry with the people of Israel. So he used the Philistines and Ammonites to defeat them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
7 So the Lord's anger burned against Israel, and He sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
7 So the LORD's anger burned against them. He handed them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites.

Judges 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 10:7

And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel
His anger burned like fire, he was exceedingly incensed against them, nothing being more provoking to him than idolatry, as after mentioned:

and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands
of the children of Ammon;
that is, delivered them into their hands, and they became subject and were in bondage to them, as such are that are sold for "slaves"; part of them, that lay to the west of the land of Israel, fell into the hands of the Philistines; and another part, which lay to the east, were oppressed by the children of Ammon, particularly those that were on the other side Jordan came into the hands of the latter.

Judges 10:7 In-Context

5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
6 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the LORD and no longer served him,
7 he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,
8 who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
9 The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 31:17
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 2:14; 1 Samuel 12:9
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