Judges 2:10

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.”

What this verse means

A short, plain-language explanation of Judges 2:10 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.

Compare translations
BSBPD

“After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and also all that generation have been gathered unto their fathers, and another generation riseth after them who have not known Jehovah, and even the work which He hath done to Israel.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
Open the full comparison
Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 2:10 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
  2. Genesis 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
  3. Genesis 25:17Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
  4. Genesis 49:33When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
  5. Exodus 1:6Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
  6. Exodus 1:8Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
  7. Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
  8. Numbers 27:13After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
  9. Deuteronomy 31:16And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
  10. Joshua 24:31Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
  11. 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
  12. 2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
  13. 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  14. Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
  15. Psalms 92:5How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
  16. Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
  17. Jeremiah 9:2If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
  18. Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
  19. Jeremiah 9:5Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
  20. Jeremiah 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
  21. Jeremiah 31:34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
  22. Luke 20:32And last of all, the woman died.
  23. Acts 13:36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
  24. Galatians 4:8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Keep exploring