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So the LORD handed them over to the Midianites for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD handed them over to Midian for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hands of Midian seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hands of Midian seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh; and Yahweh gave them into the hands of Midian seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD handed them over to Midian seven years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD handed them over to Midian seven years, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then once again the Israelites started disobeying the LORD, so he let the nation of Midian control Israel for seven years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The people of Israel did what the LORD considered evil. So the LORD handed them over to Midian for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Once again the people of Israel sinned against the LORD, so he let the people of Midian rule them for seven years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Later on, the Israelis practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, so the LORD handed them over to the domination of Midian for seven years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites did evil in the LORD's sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, so Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH gives them into the hand of Midian [for] seven years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of Midian seven years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah will give them into the hand of Midian seven years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hand of Madian seven years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, who delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, who therefore delivered them into the power of Midian for seven years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Midianites seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the children of Israel did evil before LORD JEHOVAH and LORD JEHOVAH delivered them into the hand of the Midianites seven years<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Madiam seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/6-1.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=1473" 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/6.htm">Midian Oppresses Israel</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">Again the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘ă·śū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">did</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·ra‘ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·nê (Prep-b:: N-cdc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in the sight</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">so He</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tə·nêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">delivered them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">into the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/4080.htm" title="4080: miḏ·yān (N-proper-ms) -- The same as midyan; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and his descendants.">of Midian</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘ (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">for seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years,</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.…<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="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-15</a></span><br />And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-7.htm">Judges 3:7-11</a></span><br />So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs. / Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years. / But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/4-1.htm">Judges 4:1-3</a></span><br />After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD. / So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. / Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-25</a></span><br />If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-20</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-28</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. / But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-40.htm">Psalm 106:40-43</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance. / He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. / Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-1.htm">Isaiah 59:1-2</a></span><br />Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. / But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Jeremiah 2:19</a></span><br />Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-2</a></span><br />Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18-25</a></span><br />The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. / For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. / For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5-9</a></span><br />But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. / God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” / To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-6</a></span><br />And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. / For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.</p><p class="hdg">did evil</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-13.htm">Judges 2:13,14,19,20</a></b></br> And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14</a></b></br> But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15</a></b></br> But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:</p><p class="hdg">delivered.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2</a></b></br> And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/25-17.htm">Numbers 25:17,18</a></b></br> Vex the Midianites, and smite them: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/3-7.htm">Habakkuk 3:7</a></b></br> I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: <i>and</i> the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/4-24.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/judges/4-1.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/judges/4-1.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/judges/5-26.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/judges/4-14.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/4-24.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/joshua/13-21.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/numbers/31-9.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/numbers/31-10.htm">Midianites</a> <a href="/joshua/18-9.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/judges/4-1.htm">Sight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/6-9.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/judges/9-23.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/judges/6-12.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/judges/6-9.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Midianites</a> <a href="/judges/6-25.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/judges/6-17.htm">Sight</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-1.htm">The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-8.htm">A prophet rebukes them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-11.htm">An angel sends Gideon for their deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-17.htm">Gideon's present is consumed with fire</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-24.htm">Gideon destroys Baal's altar; offers a sacrifice upon the altar Jehovah-shalom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-28.htm">Joash defends his son, and calls him Jerubbaal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Gideon's army</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-36.htm">Gideon's signs</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/6.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/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD;</b><br>This phrase indicates a recurring cycle of disobedience among the Israelites, a theme prevalent throughout the Book of Judges. The term "again" suggests a pattern of sin, repentance, and deliverance. The "evil" refers to idolatry and abandoning the covenant with God, as seen in previous chapters (<a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-19</a>). The phrase "in the sight of the LORD" emphasizes God's omniscience and the moral standard by which He judges His people. This cycle reflects the Israelites' struggle to remain faithful without strong leadership, highlighting the need for a righteous king, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the King of Kings.<p><b>so He delivered them into the hand of Midian</b><br>The "hand of Midian" refers to the oppressive control and dominance the Midianites exerted over Israel. Historically, the Midianites were nomadic tribes descended from Abraham and Keturah (<a href="/genesis/25.htm">Genesis 25:1-2</a>). Their oppression is a direct consequence of Israel's disobedience, illustrating the principle that sin leads to bondage. This deliverance into enemy hands serves as divine discipline intended to bring Israel to repentance. The Midianites' oppression is characterized by raids and destruction of crops, leading to severe economic hardship (<a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3-5</a>).<p><b>for seven years,</b><br>The number seven often symbolizes completeness or divine perfection in the Bible. Here, it signifies a complete period of judgment and oppression. The seven-year duration reflects God's patience and the sufficiency of time for Israel to recognize their sin and cry out for deliverance. This period of suffering sets the stage for God to raise up Gideon as a judge and deliverer, prefiguring Christ as the ultimate deliverer who rescues humanity from the bondage of sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who repeatedly fall into cycles of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance throughout the Book of Judges.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is just and righteous, allowing consequences for sin but also providing deliverance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/midian.htm">Midian</a></b><br>A nomadic people who oppressed Israel as a consequence of their disobedience. Historically, they were descendants of Abraham through Keturah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/seven_years.htm">Seven Years</a></b><br>The period of time during which Israel was oppressed by Midian, symbolizing a complete cycle of judgment and a call to repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Israel's repeated disobedience led to their oppression. This serves as a reminder that sin has consequences, and turning away from God leads to spiritual and sometimes physical bondage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_discipline.htm">God's Sovereignty in Discipline</a></b><br>The LORD's decision to deliver Israel into the hands of Midian demonstrates His sovereignty and justice. It is a call to recognize God's authority and His right to discipline His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The oppression by Midian was not just punishment but also a call to repentance. In our lives, challenges can be opportunities to turn back to God and seek His forgiveness and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_faithfulness_of_god.htm">The Faithfulness of God</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful. He allows consequences but also provides a way for redemption and deliverance, pointing to His enduring mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/summarize_gideon's_bible_story..htm">What is the summary of Gideon's story in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_'fleece'.htm">What does the Bible say about "putting out a fleece"?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_gideon_doubt_god's_known_acts.htm">Judges 6:13: Why would Gideon still question God’s presence and past miracles if they were well-known and documented among the Israelites? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_deeds_with_israel's_woes.htm">Isaiah 12:5: How do we reconcile the emphasis on “excellent things” done by God with the historical records of suffering and defeat experienced by the Israelites? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">Did evil.</span>--<a href="/judges/2-11.htm" title="And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:">Judges 2:11</a>; <a href="/judges/3-12.htm" title="And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.">Judges 3:12</a>; <a href="/judges/4-1.htm" title="And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.">Judges 4:1</a>.<p>Midian.--Midian was the son of Adraham and Keturah (<a href="/genesis/25-2.htm" title="And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.">Genesis 25:2</a>), and from him descended the numerous and wealthy nomadic tribes which occupied the plains east of Moab (<a href="/context/numbers/31-32.htm" title="And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,">Numbers 31:32-39</a>). The name belongs, properly, to the tribes on the south-east of the Gulf of Akabah (<a href="/1_kings/11-18.htm" title="And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.">1Kings 11:18</a>). Moses himself had lived for forty years among them (<a href="/exodus/3-1.htm" title="Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.">Exodus 3:1</a>; <a href="/exodus/18-1.htm" title="When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;">Exodus 18:1</a>); but the Israelites had been bidden to maintain deadly hostility against the nation because of the shameful worship of Baal-peor, to which, under the instigation of Balaam, the Midianites had tempted them (<a href="/context/numbers/25-1.htm" title="And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to commit prostitution with the daughters of Moab.">Numbers 25:1-18</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Midian</span>. In <a href="/numbers/22-7.htm">Numbers 22:7</a> we read of the Midianites as allied with the Moabites in their hostility to the children of Israel, and we find them willing agents of Balaam s iniquitous counsels (<a href="/numbers/25-6.htm">Numbers 25:6, 17, 18</a>; <a href="/numbers/31-7.htm">Numbers 31:7, 8</a>), and suffering a terrible chastisement from the Israelites in consequence. An abiding national feud was the natural consequence; and this, added to their love of plunder, no doubt led to the present invasion in company with the Amalekites (<a href="/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13</a>, note). Observe the contrast between the victory described in <a href="/numbers/31.htm">Numbers 31</a>. and the defeat narrated in this chapter. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/6-1.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">Again the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְנֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">evil</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the sight</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵינֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ê·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - cdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD;</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so He</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">handed them over to</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתְּנֵ֧ם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yit·tə·nêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Midian</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדְיָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(miḏ·yān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4080.htm">Strong's 4080: </a> </span><span class="str2">Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled </span><br /><br /><span class="word">for seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֥בַע</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/6-1.htm">OT History: Judges 6:1 The children of Israel did that which (Jd Judg. 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