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Judges 8:28
Judges 8:28 is verse 28 of Judges chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
King James Version
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
World English Bible
So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
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Judges 8:26–30 · Berean Standard Bible
26 The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
27 From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
28 In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
29 and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
30 Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 83:9Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
Psalms 83:10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
Psalms 83:11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Psalms 83:12who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
Isaiah 10:26And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
Judges 3:11So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
Judges 3:30So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
Judges 5:31So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.