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.

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  • JoashWhom Jehovah bestowed. (1.) A contracted form of Jehoash, the father of Gideon (Judg 6:11, Judg 6:29; Judg 8:13, Judg 8:29, Judg 8:32).
  • BaalLord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Judg...

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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