And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
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Verse 18 is found in chapter 2 of Judges. God raises up judges to deliver Israel, but the people repeatedly return to idolatry after each deliverer dies. The sequence shows that the judges provide temporary deliverance without resolving the collective tendency toward unfaithfulness. God leaves some nations in the land to test Israel and determine whether it will obey his commandments. The book thus begins explaining why the period is characterized by repeated cycles of downfall and deliverance.
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Wenn aber der HERR ihnen Richter erweckte, so war der HERR mit dem Richter und half ihnen aus ihrer Feinde Hand, solange der Richter lebte. Denn es jammerte den HERRN ihr Wehklagen über die, so sie zwangen und drängten.
Y cuando Jehová les suscitaba jueces, Jehová era con el juez, y librábalos de mano de los enemigos todo el tiempo de aquel juez: porque Jehová se arrepentía por sus gemidos a causa de los que los oprimían y afligían.
Cuando Jehová les levantaba jueces, Jehová estaba con el juez y los libraba de manos de sus enemigos durante toda la vida de aquel juez. Porque Jehová se compadecía de sus gemidos ante quienes los oprimían y afligían.
Lorsque l'Eternel leur suscitait des juges, l'Eternel était avec le juge, et il les délivrait de la main de leurs ennemis pendant toute la vie du juge; car l'Eternel avait pitié de leurs gémissements contre ceux qui les opprimaient et les tourmentaient.
E pure, quando il Signore suscitava loro de’ Giudici, il Signore era col Giudice, e li liberava dalla mano de’ lor nemici, tutto il tempo del Giudice; perciocchè il Signore si pentiva, per li loro sospiri, che gittavano per cagion di coloro che li oppressavano, e tenevano in distretta.
E, quando o SENHOR lhes levantava juízes, o SENHOR era com o juiz, e os livrava da mão dos seus inimigos, todos os dias daquele juiz; porquanto o SENHOR se compadecia deles pelo seu gemido, por causa dos que os oprimiam e afligiam.
耶和華為他們興起士師,耶和華與士師同在。士師在世的一切日子,耶和華拯救他們脫離仇敵的手。耶和華因他們受欺壓迫害所發出的哀聲,就憐憫他們。
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