Judges 6:7

Judges 6:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,
• New International Version (NIV)When the Israelites cried out to the Lord because of Midian,
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the people of Israel cried out to the Lord on account of the Midianites,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord because of the Midianites,

Context of Judges 6:7

5For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to devastate it. 6So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to the Lord. Now it came about when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord on account of Midian, 8that the Lord sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt and brought you out from the house of slavery. 9I delivered you from the hands of the Egyptians and from the hands of all your oppressors, and dispossessed them before you and gave you their land,

Judges 6:7 word by word

וַיְהִ֕י כִּֽי־זָעֲק֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה עַ֖ל אֹד֥וֹת מִדְיָֽן׃Read the interlinear

• Now it cameהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• about whenכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• criedזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• on accountאוֹדָה'ôdôth 'ôdôth · causeH182
• of Midianמִדְיָןmidyân · MidianH4080

Commentaries on Judges 6:7

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 They cried to God for a deliverer, and he sent them a prophet to teach them. When God furnishes a land with faithful ministers, it is a token that he has mercy in store for it. He charges them with rebellion against the Lord; he intends to bring them to repentance. Repentance is real when the sinfulness of sin, as disobedience to God, is chiefly lamented.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-108. the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel--The curse of the national calamity is authoritatively traced to their infidelity as the cause.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 6:7

• Prophets

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• Israel
• Children of Israel
• Den
• Gideon
• God
• Midianite
• Mighty
• Sign
• Wherewith
• Wring

Commentaries on Judges 6

• 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
• EGW Writings