Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer. New Living Translation Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the LORD. And he was grieved by their misery. English Standard Version So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel. Berean Standard Bible So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel. King James Bible And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. New King James Version So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel. New American Standard Bible So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could no longer endure the misery of Israel. NASB 1995 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer. NASB 1977 So they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer. Legacy Standard Bible So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and He could bear the trouble of Israel no longer. Amplified Bible So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer. Christian Standard Bible So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the LORD, and he became weary of Israel’s misery. Holman Christian Standard Bible So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the LORD, and He became weary of Israel’s misery. American Standard Version And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the children of Israel removed the foreign gods from among them, and they served LORD JEHOVAH, because the soul of Israel had lost heart Brenton Septuagint Translation And they put away the strange gods from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and his soul was pained for the trouble of Israel. Contemporary English Version Then the Israelites got rid of the idols of the foreign gods, and they began worshiping only the LORD. Finally, there came a time when the LORD could no longer stand to see them suffer. Douay-Rheims Bible And saying these things, they cast away out of their coasts all the idols of strange gods and served the Lord their God: and he was touched with their miseries. English Revised Version And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then they got rid of the foreign gods they had and served the LORD. So the LORD could not bear to have Israel suffer any longer. Good News Translation So they got rid of their foreign gods and worshiped the LORD; and he became troubled over Israel's distress. International Standard Version When they put away their foreign gods and served the LORD, he brought Israel's misery to an end. JPS Tanakh 1917 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD; and His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. Literal Standard Version And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve YHWH, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel. Majority Standard Bible So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel. New American Bible And they cast out the foreign gods from their midst and served the LORD, so that he grieved over the misery of Israel. NET Bible They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the LORD. Finally the LORD grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. New Revised Standard Version So they put away the foreign gods from among them and worshiped the LORD; and he could no longer bear to see Israel suffer. New Heart English Bible They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved with the misery of Israel. Webster's Bible Translation And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. World English Bible They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. Young's Literal Translation And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Philistine and Ammonite Oppression…15“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!” 16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel. 17Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free. Joshua 24:23 "Now, therefore," he said, "get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel." 1 Samuel 7:3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines." 1 Samuel 12:10 Then they cried out to the LORD and said, 'We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.' Psalm 73:21 When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within, Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. Jeremiah 31:20 Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him," declares the LORD. Treasury of Scripture And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. they put 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. 2 Chronicles 33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. strange gods. Genesis 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Psalm 106:44,45 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: … Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. grieved. Jump to Previous Angry Bear Indignant Israel Israel's Longer Midst Misery Rid Servants Served Sorrows Soul Strange Stranger TurnJump to Next Angry Bear Indignant Israel Israel's Longer Midst Misery Rid Servants Served Sorrows Soul Strange Stranger TurnJudges 10 1. Tola judges Israel in Shamir3. Jair, whose thirty sons had thirty cities 6. The Philistines and Ammonites oppress Israel 10. In their misery God sends them to their false gods 15. Upon their repentance he pities them (16) They put away the strange gods.--The moment the sincerity of their repentance was proved, God hears them (Genesis 35:1; 1Samuel 7:3; 2Chronicles 15:8). His soul was grieved.--Literally, was shortened. (Comp. Zechariah 11:8.) Verse 16. - And they put away the strange gods. Here at length were "the fruits meet for repentance," and "the returning to the Lord their God;" the intended result of the severe but loving correction (see Homiletics, Judges 6:25-32). Cf. Genesis 35:2; 1 Samuel 7:3, in which passages, as here, the phrase the strange gods is the correct rendering; not, as in the margin, gods of strangers. The Hebrew phrase here rendered his soul was grieved occurs Numbers 21:4; Judges 16:16; Zechariah 11:2; it means was impatient - literally, was shortened, i.e. he could bear it no longer. A somewhat similar description of the Divine relenting is contained in the beautiful passage Hosea 11:7-9.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So they put awayוַיָּסִ֜ירוּ (way·yā·sî·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5493: To turn aside the foreign הַנֵּכָר֙ (han·nê·ḵār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5236: That which is foreign, foreignness gods אֱלֹהֵ֤י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative from among them מִקִּרְבָּ֔ם (miq·qir·bām) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center and served וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ (way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and He נַפְשׁ֖וֹ (nap̄·šōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion could no longer bear וַתִּקְצַ֥ר (wat·tiq·ṣar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest the misery בַּעֲמַ֥ל (ba·‘ă·mal) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Links Judges 10:16 NIVJudges 10:16 NLT Judges 10:16 ESV Judges 10:16 NASB Judges 10:16 KJV Judges 10:16 BibleApps.com Judges 10:16 Biblia Paralela Judges 10:16 Chinese Bible Judges 10:16 French Bible Judges 10:16 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 10:16 They put away the foreign gods (Jd Judg. 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