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Judges Raised Up

Judges 2:16

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.Or governors or leaders; here and throughout the book of Judges
KJV
¶ Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.delivered: Heb. saved
WEB
Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
ASV
And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them.
LSV
And YHWH raises up judges, and they save them from the hand of their spoilers;
YLT
And Jehovah raiseth up judges, and they save them from the hand of their spoilers;
DBY
And Jehovah raised up judges, and they saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
DRC
And the Lord raised up judges, to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them: but they would not hearken to them,
GNV
Notwithstanding, the Lord raysed vp Iudges, which deliuered them out of the hands of their oppressours.
JPS
And the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
LXXE
And the Lord raised up judges, and the Lord saved them out of the hands of them that spoiled them: and yet they hearkened not to the judges,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֥קֶם יְהוָ֖ה שֹֽׁפְטִ֑ים וַיּ֣וֹשִׁיע֔וּם מִיַּ֖ד שֹׁסֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἤγειρε Κύριος κριτὰς, καὶ ἔσωσεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν προνομευόντων αὐτούς· καί γε τῶν κριτῶν οὐχ ὑπήκουσαν,

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👤 God◆ Deliverance by Othniel

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 13:20All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
  • Psalms 106:43–45Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity. Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by…
  • 1 Samuel 12:11So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
  • Nehemiah 9:27So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them…
  • Judges 3:15And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
  • Judges 4:5And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
  • Judges 6:14The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
  • Judges 3:9–10But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to…

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