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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/judges/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/judges/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, marauders from Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east would attack Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And <i>so</i> it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For whenever Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the people of the east and march against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would go up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go up against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For it was whenever Israel had sown [their seed] that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the people of the east and go up against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east came and attacked them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Every time the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites invaded Israel together with the Amalekites and other eastern nations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Whenever Israel planted crops, Midian, Amalek, and Kedem came and damaged the crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites would come with the Amalekites and the desert tribes and attack them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelis sowed their crops, the Midianites, the Amalekites, and certain groups from the east would come up and invade them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And so it was, when Israel had sown, that Midian, Amalek, and the Kedemites would come up against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it has been, if Israel has sowed, that Midian has come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, indeed, they have come up against him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it hath been, if Israel hath sowed, that Midian hath come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, yea, they have come up against him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it was if Israel sowed, and Midian came up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, and they came up against him:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations came up: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when Israel had planted, Midian and Amalek, and the rest of the eastern nations ascended,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For it used to be that whenever the Israelites had completed sowing their crops, Midian, Amalek, and the Kedemites would come up,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For whenever the Israelites put in seed, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east would come up against them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And whenever Israel had sown, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the Rakimites came up and encamped against them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And whenever Israel was sowing, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the sons of Raqem were going up<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass when the children of Israel sowed, that Madiam and Amalec went up, and the children of the east went up together with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/6-3.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=1493" 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">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. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">Whenever</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.">the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: zā·ra‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify.">would plant their crops,</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.">the Midianites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6002.htm" title="6002: wa·‘ă·mā·lêq (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- A desc. of Esau, also his posterity. Probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country.">Amalekites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇə·nê- (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and other people</a> <a href="/hebrew/6924.htm" title="6924: qe·ḏem (N-ms) -- The front, of place, time. Or qedmah; from qadam; the front, of place or time; often used adverbially.">of the east</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: wə·‘ā·lāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">would come up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: wə·‘ā·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and invade</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">them,</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.…<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="/exodus/23-28.htm">Exodus 23:28-30</a></span><br />I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. / I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you. / Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a></span><br />A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/23-13.htm">Joshua 23:13</a></span><br />know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a></span><br />then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-55.htm">Numbers 33:55</a></span><br />But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm">1 Samuel 13:5-6</a></span><br />Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven. / Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">2 Kings 13:3</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17</a></span><br />They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a></span><br />What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10-12</a></span><br />Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20-24</a></span><br />But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a></span><br />I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-22.htm">Acts 14:22</a></span><br />strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-37</a></span><br />Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;</p><p class="hdg">when Israel</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a></b></br> I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-30.htm">Deuteronomy 28:30-33,51</a></b></br> Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/31-8.htm">Job 31:8</a></b></br> <i>Then</i> let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.</p><p class="hdg">Amalekites</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13</a></b></br> And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.</p><p class="hdg">children</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Judges 6:33</a></b></br> Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Judges 7:12</a></b></br> And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels <i>were</i> without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/8-10.htm">Judges 8:10</a></b></br> Now Zebah and Zalmunna <i>were</i> in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand <i>men</i>, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Amalek</a> <a href="/judges/3-13.htm">Amalekites</a> <a href="/judges/3-13.htm">Amal'ekites</a> <a href="/judges/1-8.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-42.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/joshua/24-8.htm">East</a> <a href="/joshua/18-20.htm">Eastern</a> <a href="/exodus/10-14.htm">Invaded</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/5-9.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Midianites</a> <a href="/numbers/31-2.htm">Mid'ianites</a> <a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/joshua/24-13.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/joshua/24-3.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-10.htm">Sowed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/judges/2-15.htm">Whenever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Amalek</a> <a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Amalekites</a> <a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Amal'ekites</a> <a href="/judges/7-10.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/judges/6-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/6-4.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/judges/6-33.htm">East</a> <a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Eastern</a> <a href="/judges/6-5.htm">Invaded</a> <a href="/judges/6-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/6-6.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/6-14.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/judges/6-6.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/judges/6-6.htm">Midianites</a> <a href="/judges/6-7.htm">Mid'ianites</a> <a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-7.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/ruth/2-17.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/judges/9-45.htm">Sowed</a> <a href="/job/31-8.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/judges/12-5.htm">Whenever</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>Whenever the Israelites planted their crops</b><br>This phrase sets the stage for the cyclical oppression faced by the Israelites during the time of the Judges. The act of planting crops signifies a period of hope and expectation for a harvest, which is essential for survival. In the context of the Judges, this period is marked by the Israelites' disobedience to God, leading to their oppression by surrounding nations. The agricultural cycle is a reminder of the Israelites' dependence on God for provision, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13-17</a>, where obedience to God is linked to agricultural prosperity.<p><b>the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east</b><br>The Midianites and Amalekites were nomadic tribes known for their raids and warfare tactics. The Midianites, descendants of Abraham through Keturah, had previously been defeated by Moses (Numbers 31), yet they reappear as oppressors due to Israel's disobedience. The Amalekites, descendants of Esau, were long-standing enemies of Israel, first attacking them in <a href="/exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17</a>. The "people of the east" likely refers to other nomadic groups from the Arabian desert region. This coalition of enemies highlights the severity of Israel's plight and the fulfillment of God's warnings about the consequences of disobedience (<a href="/judges/2-14.htm">Judges 2:14-15</a>).<p><b>would come up and invade them</b><br>The invasions were not just military attacks but also economic devastations. The repeated invasions during harvest time were strategic, aimed at crippling Israel's food supply and economy. This tactic of oppression is reminiscent of the curses outlined in <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a>, where foreign nations would consume the produce of the land due to Israel's unfaithfulness. The invasions serve as a physical manifestation of Israel's spiritual state, emphasizing the need for repentance and deliverance. This cycle of oppression and deliverance is a recurring theme in Judges, pointing to the ultimate need for a savior, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who delivers from spiritual bondage.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are experiencing oppression due to their disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/midianites.htm">Midianites</a></b><br>A nomadic people who, along with the Amalekites and others, oppressed Israel by raiding their land and destroying their crops.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/amalekites.htm">Amalekites</a></b><br>A group often in conflict with Israel, known for their hostility and attacks on the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/eastern_peoples.htm">Eastern Peoples</a></b><br>Other nomadic tribes from the east who joined the Midianites and Amalekites in their raids.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_israel.htm">The Land of Israel</a></b><br>The Promised Land given to the Israelites, which is now under threat due to their disobedience.<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 suffering under the Midianites is a direct result of their disobedience to God. This serves as a reminder that turning away from God leads to negative consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>The cycle of sin and oppression in Judges highlights the need for genuine repentance. God is always ready to deliver when His people turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_trials.htm">God's Sovereignty in Trials</a></b><br>Even in oppression, God is sovereign and uses these situations to draw His people back to Him. Trials can be a means of spiritual growth and renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_impact_of_sin.htm">Community Impact of Sin</a></b><br>The sin of the Israelites affected the entire community, showing that personal sin can have broader implications for others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Hope in God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Despite Israel's repeated failures, God raises up deliverers. This points to the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, our Savior.<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/why_is_the_tribe_of_manasseh_important.htm">What is the significance of the Tribe of Manasseh?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_gideon_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Gideon, also known as Jerubbaal, in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_gideon_order_his_son_to_kill.htm">Judges 8:20: Why would Gideon command his young son to kill captives, and is there any historical precedent for such practices? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_large_midianite_forces.htm">Judges 8:10: Is there any archaeological or historical evidence for the large Midianite forces mentioned? </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>(3) <span class= "bld">When Israel had sown.</span>--The invasions of these Arab tribes were of the most crushing and irritating kind. Living in idleness and marauding expeditions, they let the Israelites sow their corn, and came themselves to reap and carry it away. They said, "Let us take to ourselves the pastures of God"--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>the rich, blessed pastures--"in possession" (<a href="/psalms/83-12.htm" title="Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.">Psalm 83:12</a>). Alyattes, king of Lydia, treated the people of Miletus in exactly the same way, leaving their houses un-destroyed, solely that they might be tempted to return to them, and plough and sow once more (Herod. i. 17). The same thing goes on to this day. The wretched Fellahin, neglected and oppressed by the effete and corrupt Turkish Government, sow their corn, with the constant dread that they are but sowing it for the Bedouin, who yearly plunder them, unrepressed and unpunished. Hence the squalid towns and villages of the Fellahin abound in huge subterranean places of concealment, in which they stow away their corn, and everything else of value which they possess, to save them from these wild marauders.<p><span class= "bld">The Amalekites.</span>--See <a href="/judges/3-13.htm" title="And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.">Judges 3:13</a>; <a href="/genesis/36-12.htm" title="And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.">Genesis 36:12</a>.<p><span class= "bld">The children of the east.</span>--Beni Kedem (<a href="/genesis/25-6.htm" title="But to the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.">Genesis 25:6</a>; <a href="/job/1-3.htm" title="His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.">Job 1:3</a>) is a general name for Arabs, as Josephus rightly calls them. From <a href="/judges/8-26.htm" title="And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.">Judges 8:26</a> we can derive a picture of their chiefs in their gorgeous robes and golden ear-rings, mounted on dromedaries and camels, of which the necks were hung with moon-shaped ornaments of gold. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Children of the east</span>. We first find this term in <a href="/genesis/29-1.htm">Genesis 29:1</a>, where it is applied to the people of Haran. Comparing the analogous phrases, "the east country" (<a href="/genesis/25-6.htm">Genesis 25:6</a>), the mountains of the east (<a href="/numbers/23-7.htm">Numbers 23:7</a>), "the men of the east" (<a href="/job/1-3.htm">Job 1:3</a>), "the east" (<a href="/isaiah/2-3.htm">Isaiah 2:3</a>; <a href="/matthew/2-1.htm">Matthew 2:1</a>), we gather that the country lying to the east of Palestine as far as the river Euphrates was called the east country, and that the various tribes of Arabs and others who peopled that desert were called "the children of the cast" (see ver. 33 and <a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Judges 7:12</a>; <a href="/judges/8-10.htm">Judges 8:10</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/6-3.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">Whenever</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would plant their crops,</span><br /><span class="heb">זָרַ֣ע</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2232.htm">Strong's 2232: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Midianites,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדְיָ֧ן</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">Amalekites,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽעֲמָלֵ֛ק</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·mā·lêq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6002.htm">Strong's 6002: </a> </span><span class="str2">Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and other people</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְנֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">of the East</span><br /><span class="heb">קֶ֖דֶם</span> <span class="translit">(qe·ḏem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6924.htm">Strong's 6924: </a> </span><span class="str2">The front, of place, time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would come up</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָלָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and invade</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָל֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/6-3.htm">OT History: Judges 6:3 So it was when Israel had sown (Jd Judg. 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