Judges 2:16

Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

Nevertheless the LORD {H3068} raised up {H6965} judges {H8199}, which delivered {H3467} them out of the hand {H3027} of those that spoiled {H8154} them.

But then ADONAI raised up judges, who rescued them from the power of those who were plundering them.

Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them.

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Cross-References

  • Acts 13:20 (5 votes)

    And after that he gave [unto them] judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

  • 1 Samuel 12:11 (4 votes)

    And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

  • Psalms 106:43 (4 votes)

    Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

  • Psalms 106:45 (4 votes)

    And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

  • Nehemiah 9:27 (3 votes)

    Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest [them] from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

  • Judges 3:15 (3 votes)

    But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

  • Judges 6:14 (2 votes)

    And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?