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

4They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses. 5The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well. 7The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. 8The Lord was furious with Israel and turned them over to King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects 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 34:16and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.
• Deuteronomy 7:2and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy!
• 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.
• Ezra 9:11which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.
• Nehemiah 13:23Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
• Ezekiel 16:3and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother 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