Judges 3:6

Judges 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
• New International Version (NIV)They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And their daughters they took to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods.

Context of Judges 3:6

4These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out if they would obey the commands the Lord had given their ancestors through Moses. 5So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. The Israelites allowed their sons and daughters to marry these people. Israel also served their gods. 7The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. They forgot the Lord their God and served other gods and goddesses—the Baals and the Asherahs. 8The Lord became angry with the people of Israel. He used King Cushan Rishathaim of Aram Naharaim to defeat them. So Israel served Cushan Rishathaim for eight years.

Judges 3:6 word by word

וַיִּקְח֨וּ אֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֤ם לָהֶם֙ לְנָשִׁ֔ים וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם נָתְנ֣וּ לִבְנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
• their daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• to be their wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: give(marriage)H5414
• to their sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and servedעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
• their godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Judges 3:6

• Exodus 34:16Then your sons will end up marrying their daughters. When their daughters chase after their gods as though they were prostitutes, they’ll lead your sons to do the same thing.
• Deuteronomy 7:2When the Lord your God gives them to you and you defeat them, destroy every one of them because they have been claimed by the Lord. Don’t make any treaties with them or show them any mercy.
• 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter. He loved Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon.
• Ezra 9:11The commandments you gave us through your servants the prophets, said, ‘The land you are going to take possession of has been polluted by its perverted people and by their disgusting practices that have filled it with wickedness from one end to another.
• Nehemiah 13:23In those days I saw some Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
• Ezekiel 16:3Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says to the people of Jerusalem: Your birthplace and your ancestors were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.

Commentaries on Judges 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And they took their daughters - They formed matrimonial alliances with those proscribed nations, served their idols, and thus became one with them in politics and religion.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6See Judges 2:2 note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Israel did not pass God's test (Judges 3:1–4). Marrying people from other groups led Israel to worship the fertility gods of the Canaanites.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites--The two peoples by degrees came to be on habits of intercourse. Reciprocal alliances were formed by marriage till the Israelites, relaxing the austerity of their principles, showed a growing conformity to the manners and worship of their idolatrous neighbors.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 3:6

• Amorites
• Fellowship
• Hittites
• Israel
• Jebusites
• Miscegenation
• Perizzites

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Judges 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary