KJV King James Version
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
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Judges 10:10
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
WEB World English Bible
The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.”
ASV American Standard Version
And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, saying, We have sinned against thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, saying, ‘We have sinned against Thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and serve the Baalim.’
Surrounding context — Judges 10
7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that [were] on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which [is] in Gilead.
9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, [Did] not [I deliver you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
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Original-language word links
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וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֙H2199 · za.aqto cry outבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayחָטָ֣אנוּH2398 · cha.tato sinלָ֔ךְH9032 · khyouוְכִ֤יH3588 · kiforעָזַ֙בְנוּ֙H5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּH430 · e.lo.himGodוַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖דH5647 · a.vadto serveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַבְּעָלִֽים׃ פH1168 · ba.alBaal
Cross-references
1 Samuel 12:10And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.Psalm 107:28Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.Psalm 107:19Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses.Psalm 107:13Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses.Psalm 106:43-44Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.Judges 3:9And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, [even] Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
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