Judges 6:1
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.
KJV
Fecerunt autem filii Israël malum in conspectu Domini : qui tradidit illos in manu Madian septem annis,
Vulgate
Καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ Μαδιὰμ ἑπτὰ ἔτη.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יַּעֲשׂ֧וּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָ/רַ֖ע בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יִּתְּנֵ֧/ם יְהוָ֛ה בְּ/יַד מִדְיָ֖ן שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Joshua's conquest of Canaan (the crossing of the Jordan, fall of Jericho, the allotment of the land) and the period of the Judges (Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson). Josephus follows the biblical narrative closely while harmonizing chronological difficulties.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:33 — When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this ho
- Deut 28:15 — 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 shal
- Deut 28:29 — And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
- Gen 37:28 — Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
- Isa 2:10 — Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
- Isa 9:4 — For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
- Isa 65:21 — And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
- Judg 2:11 — And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
- Judg 2:11 — And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
- Judg 2:13 — And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
- Judg 2:19 — And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not fr
- Judg 4:1 — And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
- Judg 13:1 — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
- Lev 26:14 — But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
- Neh 9:26 — Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great prov
- Num 25:15 — And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
- Num 31:1 — And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
- Ps 106:34 — They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: