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# So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "So Yahweh subdued the Midianites before the people of Israel" or "So Yahweh helped the Israelites defeat the Midianites" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# they did not raise their heads up again
This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "they did not attack Israel again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# So the land had peace
Here "land" represents the people of Israel. Alternate translation: "So the Israelites lived peacefully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# forty years
"40 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
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# in the days of Gideon
"during the life of Gideon"