Judges 6:29

And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ vai.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
one	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
another	רֵעֵ֔הוּ re.'E.hu	H7453	an associate (more or less close) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
done	עָשָׂ֖ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
thing	הַדָּבָ֣ר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
enquired	וַֽיִּדְרְשׁוּ֙ vai.yid.re.Shu	H1875	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
asked	וַיְבַקְשׁ֔וּ vay.vak.Shu	H1245	to search out (by any method · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
said	וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ vai.Yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Gideon	גִּדְעוֹן֙ gid.'On	H1439	Gidon · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Joash	יוֹאָ֔שׁ yo.'Ash	H3101	Joash · proper noun, a man's name
done	עָשָׂ֖ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
thing	הַדָּבָ֥ר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:25-32

Here, I. Orders are given to Gideon to begin his government with the reformation of his father's house, Jdg 6:25, Jdg 6:26. A correspondence being settled between God and Gideon, by the appearance of the angel to him, it was kept up in another way; the same night after he had seen God, when he was full of thoughts concerning what had passed, which probably he had not yet communicated to any, The Lord said unto him in a dream, Do so and so. Note, God's visits, if gratefully received, shall be graciously repeated. Bid God welcome, and he will come again. Gideon is appointed, 1. To throw down Baal's altar, which it seems hi father had, either for his own house or perhaps for the whole town. See…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:25

Take thy father's . . . second bullock--The Midianites had probably reduced the family herd; or, as Gideon's father was addicted to idolatry, the best may have been fattened for the service of Baal; so that the second was the only remaining one fit for sacrifice to God. throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath--standing upon his ground, though kept for the common use of the townsmen. cut down the grove that is by it--dedicated to Ashtaroth. With the aid of ten confidential servants he demolished the one altar and raised on the appointed spot the altar of the Lord; but, for fear of opposition, the work had to be done under cover of night. A violent commotion was excited next day,…

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John Gill on Judges 6:29

And they said one to another, who hath done this thing?.... They were struck with amazement, and could not devise who could be so daring and wicked as to do such an action: and when they inquired and asked; one and another, everyone present, or they could think of as proper to inquire of; they were very diligent and industrious to find it out; and perhaps they inquired of the family and servants of Joash and Gideon, in whose ground the altar stood: they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing; when they had inquired of everybody they could, and thought of one person and another, there was none appeared to them more likely to have done it, than Gideon; partly because they knew he…

Dictionary and topics

Asherah — And pl. Asherim in Revised Version, instead of “grove” and “groves” of the Authorized Version. This was the name of a sensual Canaanitish goddess Astarte, the feminine of the Assyrian Ishtar. Its…
Gideon — Called also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:29, 32), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judg. 6-8). His calling is the commencement of the second period in the history of the…
Joash — Whom Jehovah bestowed. (1.) A contracted form of Jehoash, the father of Gideon (Judg. 6:11, 29; 8:13, 29, 32). (2.) One of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) One of…
Baal · .Altars of, — .Altars of,
Courage · .Gi — .Gi
Iconoclasm · .Gi — .Gi
Joash · 3. Father of Gi — 3. Father of Gi
Judge · 5. Gi — 5. Gi

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 6:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:25-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:25

John Gill on Judges 6:29

Dictionary and topics

Judges 6:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:25-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:25

John Gill on Judges 6:29

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 6:11-32

Rashi on Judges 6:26