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Let them save you when you are in trouble!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Go, cry out to the gods you have chosen; let them rescue you in your time of distress.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them deliver you whenever you are oppressed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your oppression.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Cry out for help to the gods you chose. Let them rescue you when you're in trouble."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them rescue you when you get in trouble." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods that you have chosen for yourselves. Let them deliver you in your time of trouble."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Go and cry to the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress!” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and cry to the gods on which you have fixed; they save you in the time of your tribulation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Go and cry unto the gods on which ye have fixed; they -- they save you in the time of your adversity.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Go and cry to the gods, which ye chose among them; they shall save for you in time of your straits.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Go and call upon the gods which you have chosen: let them deliver you in the time of distress. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Go, and call upon the gods whom you have chosen. Let them free you in the time of anguish.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen; let them save you in your time of distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and cry to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Go and pray to the gods with whom you are pleased; let them become your saviors in the time of your distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Go pray to the gods with which you are pleased; they shall be Saviors for you in the time of your distress”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Go, and cry to the gods whom ye have chosen to yourselves, and let them save you in the time of your affliction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/10-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=3306" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/10.htm">Philistine and Ammonite Oppression</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lə·ḵū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/2199.htm" title="2199: wə·za·‘ă·qū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; by analogy, to announce or convene publicly.">and cry out</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: bə·ḥar·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">you have chosen.</a> <a href="/hebrew/bām (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">Let them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: yō·wō·šî·‘ū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">save</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: bə·‘êṯ (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">in your time</a> <a href="/hebrew/6869.htm" title="6869: ṣā·raṯ·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- Tightness, a female rival. Feminine of tsar; tightness; transitively, a female rival.">of trouble.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-37.htm">Deuteronomy 32:37-38</a></span><br />He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, / which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm">Jeremiah 2:28</a></span><br />But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-10.htm">1 Samuel 12:10-11</a></span><br />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.’ / So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-38.htm">2 Kings 17:38-39</a></span><br />Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods, / but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-20.htm">Isaiah 45:20</a></span><br />Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a></span><br />Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-15.htm">Psalm 135:15-18</a></span><br />The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Hosea 13:2</a></span><br />Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-7.htm">Isaiah 46:7</a></span><br />They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Jeremiah 11:12</a></span><br />Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm">1 Kings 18:27</a></span><br />At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Isaiah 44:17</a></span><br />From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-39.htm">Ezekiel 20:39</a></span><br />And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-22.htm">Matthew 7:22-23</a></span><br />Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-26.htm">Deuteronomy 32:26-28,37,38</a></b></br> I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm">1 Kings 18:27,28</a></b></br> And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he <i>is</i> a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, <i>or</i> peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/3-13.htm">2 Kings 3:13</a></b></br> And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/30-15.htm">Adversity</a> <a href="/judges/5-8.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/judges/10-12.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/judges/10-13.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/judges/10-9.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/judges/10-12.htm">Help</a> <a href="/judges/10-13.htm">Save</a> <a href="/judges/2-16.htm">Saviours</a> <a href="/joshua/20-8.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/judges/10-1.htm">Time</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Tribulation</a> <a href="/judges/10-9.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/1-6.htm">Adversity</a> <a href="/judges/20-15.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-5.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/judges/10-15.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/judges/11-7.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/judges/11-9.htm">Help</a> <a href="/judges/11-34.htm">Save</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm">Saviours</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-24.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/judges/11-4.htm">Time</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-24.htm">Tribulation</a> <a href="/judges/11-7.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/10-1.htm">Tola judges Israel in Shamir</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/10-3.htm">Jair, whose thirty sons had thirty cities</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/10-6.htm">The Philistines and Ammonites oppress Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/10-10.htm">In their misery God sends them to their false gods</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/10-15.htm">Upon their repentance he pities them</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen.</b><br>This phrase reflects the Israelites' recurring cycle of idolatry and apostasy. Throughout the Book of Judges, the Israelites repeatedly turn away from Yahweh to worship the gods of the surrounding nations, such as Baal and Ashtoreth. This command from God is a form of divine irony, highlighting the futility of trusting in false gods. It echoes the covenant stipulations found in Deuteronomy, where God warns Israel of the consequences of idolatry. The phrase also serves as a reminder of the first commandment, emphasizing exclusive worship of the one true God.<p><b>Let them save you in your time of trouble.</b><br>This statement underscores the impotence of idols and false gods. In the ancient Near Eastern context, people believed that gods had power over specific aspects of life, such as fertility, weather, or war. However, the God of Israel is portrayed as sovereign over all creation, rendering other deities powerless. This challenge to the Israelites is similar to Elijah's confrontation with the prophets of Baal in <a href="/1_kings/18.htm">1 Kings 18</a>, where the inability of Baal to respond to his followers' cries is starkly contrasted with Yahweh's power. The phrase also foreshadows the ultimate deliverance found in Jesus Christ, who is the only true Savior in times of trouble, fulfilling the role that false gods could never achieve.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who repeatedly turned away from Him to worship other gods, leading to their oppression by surrounding nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The one true God who delivered Israel from Egypt and established a covenant with them, yet is now responding to their idolatry with righteous judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreign_gods.htm">Foreign Gods</a></b><br>The idols and deities of the surrounding nations that the Israelites chose to worship, forsaking their covenant with Yahweh.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/ammonites_and_philistines.htm">Ammonites and Philistines</a></b><br>The oppressors of Israel during this period, used by God as instruments of judgment against Israel's unfaithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jephthah.htm">Jephthah</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, he becomes the judge who delivers Israel from the Ammonites later in the chapter.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry leads to spiritual and often physical bondage. The Israelites' choice to worship other gods resulted in their oppression.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's response to Israel's idolatry is just. He allows them to experience the consequences of their choices, teaching them the futility of trusting in anything other than Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God's desire is for His people to return to Him. This passage challenges us to examine our own lives for modern-day idols and turn back to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_false_security.htm">The Futility of False Security</a></b><br>Trusting in anything other than God—whether it be wealth, power, or relationships—will ultimately fail us in times of true need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite Israel's repeated unfaithfulness, God remains faithful and eventually raises up a deliverer, pointing to His ultimate deliverance through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_didn't_god_stop_jephthah's_vow.htm">Why did God allow Jephthah to sacrifice his daughter in Judges 11 without stopping him?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_not_judge_others_in_romans_14_10.htm">Romans 14:10 - Why emphasize not judging others when other passages in the New Testament do pronounce judgment on certain behaviors?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_later_save_israel.htm">(Judges 10:13) Why does God say He will no longer save Israel and then later appears to do so?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_holiness,_sanctification.htm">How can I find hope in times of despair?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14)<span class= "ital"> <span class= "bld">Go </span>and cry unto the gods.<span class= "ital"></span></span>--With this bitter reproach comp. <a href="/context/deuteronomy/32-37.htm" title="And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,">Deuteronomy 32:37-38</a>; <a href="/2_kings/3-13.htm" title="And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. And the king of Israel said to him, No: for the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.">2Kings 3:13</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm" title="But where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah.">Jeremiah 2:28</a>.<p><span class= "bld">In the time of your tribulation.</span>--Comp. <a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm" title="And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleeps, and must be awaked.">1Kings 18:27</a>; <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm" title="I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes;">Proverbs 1:26</a>. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/10-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Go</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכ֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cry out</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזַֽעֲקוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·za·‘ă·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2199.htm">Strong's 2199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shriek, to announce, convene publicly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the gods</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have chosen.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥar·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Let them</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֛מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(hêm·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deliver</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹשִׁ֥יעוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wō·šî·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your time</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of distress.”</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרַתְכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·raṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6869.htm">Strong's 6869: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tightness, a female rival</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/10-14.htm">Judges 10:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/10-14.htm">Judges 10:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/10-14.htm">Judges 10:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/10-14.htm">Judges 10:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/10-14.htm">Judges 10:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/10-14.htm">Judges 10:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/10-14.htm">Judges 10:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/10-14.htm">Judges 10:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/10-14.htm">Judges 10:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/10-14.htm">Judges 10:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/10-14.htm">OT History: Judges 10:14 Go and cry to the gods which (Jd Judg. 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