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Judges 6:7

And when the children of Israel cried vnto the Lord, because of the Madianites,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophets;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflictions;   Crying to God;   Earnestness-Indifference;   Midianites;   Prayer;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amalekites;   Judges, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Salvation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gideon;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Midian, Mtdianites;   Ophrah;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jerubbaal;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gideon;   Midian;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Amalekites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the Israelites cried out to him because of Midian,
Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when the children of Yisra'el cried to the LORD because of Midyan,
King James Version
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,
Lexham English Bible
When the Israelites cried out to Yahweh on account of the Midianites,
English Standard Version
When the people of Israel cried out to the Lord on account of the Midianites,
New Century Version
When the Israelites cried out to the Lord against the Midianites,
New English Translation
When the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help because of Midian,
Amplified Bible
Now it came about when they cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
New American Standard Bible
Now it came about, when the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD on account of Midian,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord because of the Midianites,
Legacy Standard Bible
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having indulged in the same way as these in gross sexual immorality and having gone after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
Complete Jewish Bible
When the people of Isra'el cried out to Adonai because of Midyan,
Darby Translation
And it came to pass when the children of Israel cried to Jehovah because of Midian,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Midianites did all these bad things, so the Israelites cried to the Lord for help.
George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of the Midianites,
Good News Translation
Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help against the Midianites,
Literal Translation
And it happened when the sons of Israel had cried to Jehovah about Midian,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But whan they cried vnto the LORDE because of ye Madianites,
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah because of Midian,
Bible in Basic English
And when the cry of the children of Israel, because of Midian, came before the Lord,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of Midian,
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe when the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord, because of the Midianites,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Israel cried to the Lord because of Madiam.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of Midian,
Berean Standard Bible
Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Israel criede to the Lord, `and axyde help ayens Madianytis; and he sente to hem a man,
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass when the sons of Israel have cried unto Jehovah, concerning Midian,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian,
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of the Midianites,
World English Bible
It happened, when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian,
New King James Version
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried out to the LORD because of the Midianites,
New Living Translation
When they cried out to the Lord because of Midian,
New Life Bible
The people of Israel cried to the Lord because of Midian.
New Revised Standard
When the Israelites cried to the Lord on account of the Midianites,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel cried unto Yahweh, - on account of Midian,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he cried to the Lord, desiring help against the Madianites.
Revised Standard Version
When the people of Israel cried to the LORD on account of the Mid'ianites,
THE MESSAGE
One time when the People of Israel had cried out to God because of Midian, God sent them a prophet with this message: " God , the God of Israel, says, I delivered you from Egypt, I freed you from a life of slavery; I rescued you from Egypt's brutality and then from every oppressor; I pushed them out of your way and gave you their land. "And I said to you, ‘I am God , your God. Don't for a minute be afraid of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living.' But you didn't listen to me."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now it came about when the sons of Israel cried to the LORD on account of Midian,

Contextual Overview

7 And when the children of Israel cried vnto the Lord, because of the Madianites, 8 The Lorde sent vnto them a prophet, which sayd vnto them, Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel: I fet you from Egypt, & brought you out of the house of bondage. 9 And I ryd you out of the hande of the Egyptians, & out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and cast them out before you, and gaue you their land: 10 And I sayd vnto you: I am the Lord your God, feare not the goddes of the Amorites in whose lande you dwell: But you haue not obeyed my voyce.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Judges 3:9 - cried 1 Samuel 12:10 - And they 2 Kings 13:4 - Jehoahaz Hosea 5:15 - in their

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the:
Genesis 6:2
And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.
Genesis 6:3
And the Lorde sayde: My spirite shall not alwayes stryue with man, because he is fleshe: yet his dayes shalbe an hundreth and twentie yeres.
Genesis 6:4
But there were Giantes in those dayes in ye earth: yea & after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of me, and hadde begotten chyldren of them, the same became myghtie men of the worlde, and men of renowme.
Genesis 6:20
Of fethered foules also after their kinde, and of all cattell after their kinde: of euery worme of the earth after his kynde, two of euery one shall come vnto thee, to kepe [them] alyue.
Genesis 6:22
Noah therfore dyd according vnto all that God commaunded hym [euen] so dyd he.
Psalms 37:20
As for the vngodly they shall perishe, and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes: yea, euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away.
Proverbs 10:27
The feare of the Lorde maketh a long lyfe: but the yeres of the vngodly shalbe shortened.
Proverbs 16:4
The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake: yea, the vngodly for the day of wrath.
Hosea 4:3
Therfore shall the lande mourne, and all they that dwell therein shalbe rooted out, the beastes of the fielde, the foules of the ayre, and the fisshes in the sea, shalbe consumed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, because of the Midianites. Because of their oppressions and ill usage of them, and not because of their sins, which had brought those evils on them, of which, at present, they seemed not to be sensible; and yet such was the goodness and compassion of God to them, that having a mind to deliver them, he immediately, on their crying to him, sends them a messenger to bring them to a sense of their sins, and prepare them for the deliverance he designed to work for them, as follows.


 
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