Judges 6:31 KJV
And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
Thou and Ye
- ye more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Gideon destroys Baal's altarSee the power of God's grace, that he could raise up a reformer; and the kindness of his grace, that he would raise up a deliverer, out of the family of a...
Thompson Chains
- Idolatry (3)See the chain from Deuteronomy 4:28 · 7 links
- BaalSee the chain from Numbers 22:41 · 14 links
Cross References
- Exodus 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Numbers 14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
- Deuteronomy 13:5–18 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. …
- Deuteronomy 17:2–7 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, …
- 1 Kings 18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
- 1 Kings 18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
- 1 Kings 18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
- Psalms 115:4–7 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. …
- Isaiah 41:23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
- Isaiah 46:1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
- Isaiah 46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
- Jeremiah 10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
- Jeremiah 10:11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
- Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
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Topics
- Baal Altars of, destroyed by Gideon
- Courage Gideon, in destroying the altar of Baal
- Decision Gideon
- Enthusiasm Gideon
- Iconoclasm Gideon
- Idolatry Folly of Idolatry
- Israel Seven years of bondage to the Midianites; delivered by Gideon
- Joash 3. Father of Gideon
- Judge 5. Gideon
- Manasseh Join Gideon in war with the Midianites
- Midianites Defeated by Gideon
- Oppression National, relieved
- Persecution Of Gideon
- Religion Gideon
- Zeal, religious Gideon
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1245–1236 BC · Gideon
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And Joash יוֹאָשׁ yôʾāš יוֹאָשׁ Proper name
- said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- unto all that stood לְכֹל lĕkōl Noun · masculine singular · with preposition אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative עָמְדוּ ʿāmĕdû עָמַד Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- against him, Will ye plead עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular הַאַתֶּם haʾattem Pronoun · second person masculine plural · with question תְּרִיבוּן tĕrîbûn רִיב Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
- for Baal לַבַּעַל labbaʿal בַּעַל Proper name · with preposition with the
- will ye save אִם ʾim Conjunction אַתֶּם ʾattem Pronoun · second person masculine plural תּוֹשִׁיעוּן tôšîʿûn יָשַׁע Verb · hiphil imperfect, second person masculine plural אִם ʾim Conjunction
- him? he that will plead אוֹתוֹ ʾôtô Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine singular אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative יָרִיב yārîb רִיב Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular עַד ʿad Preposition לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular כִּי kî Conjunction
- for him, let him be put to death לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular יוּמַת yûmat מוּת Verb · hophal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- whilst it is yet morning הַבֹּקֶר habbōqer בֹּקֶר Noun · masculine singular · with the
- if he be a god אֱלֹהִים ʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular
- let him plead יָרֶב yāreb רִיב Verb · qal jussive, third person masculine singular
- for himself, because one hath cast down נָתַץ nātaṣ נָתַץ Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- his altar אֶת ʾet Object marker מִזְבְּחוֹ mizbĕḥô מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
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