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New Century Version

Judges 6:6

Israel became very poor because of the Midianites, so they cried out to the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;   Midianites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gideon;   Midian;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gideon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gideon;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Midian, Mtdianites;   Ophrah;   Prayer;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jerubbaal;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camel;   Famine;   Gideon;   Midian;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Israel became poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
Yisra'el was brought very low because of Midyan; and the children of Yisra'el cried to the LORD.
King James Version
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
Israel was very poor because of the presence of the Midianites, and the Israelites cried out to Yahweh.
English Standard Version
And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel cried out for help to the Lord .
New English Translation
Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
Amplified Bible
So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD [for help].
New American Standard Bible
So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So was Israel exceedingly impouerished by the Midianites: therefore the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,
Contemporary English Version
The Midianites took almost everything that belonged to the Israelites, and the Israelites begged the Lord for help.
Complete Jewish Bible
Isra'el became very discouraged because of Midyan, and the people of Isra'el cried out to Adonai .
Darby Translation
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Midian. And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Israelites became very poor because of the Midianites. So the Israelites cried to the Lord for help.
George Lamsa Translation
And Israel trembled exceedingly from before the Midianites;
Good News Translation
and Israel was helpless against them.
Literal Translation
And Israel was brought very low before Midian. And the sons of Israel cried to Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus was Israel exceadinge small before the Madianites. Then cried the children of Israel vnto the LORDE.
American Standard Version
And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And Israel was in great need because of Midian; and the cry of the children of Israel went up to the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so was Israel exceedingly impoueryshed in the sight of the Madianites, and cried vnto the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And Israel was greatly impouerished, because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Madiam.
English Revised Version
And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Israel was `maad low greetli in the siyt of Madian.
Young's Literal Translation
And Israel is very weak from the presence of Midian, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah.
Update Bible Version
And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.
World English Bible
Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Yahweh.
New King James Version
So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD.
New Living Translation
So Israel was reduced to starvation by the Midianites. Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
New Life Bible
So Israel became very poor because of Midian. The people of Israel cried to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Thus Israel was greatly impoverished because of Midian; and the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus was Israel greatly impoverished, because of Midian, - and the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Israel was humbled exceedingly in the sight of Madian.
Revised Standard Version
And Israel was brought very low because of Mid'ian; and the people of Israel cried for help to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to the LORD.

Contextual Overview

1 Again the Israelites did what the Lord said was wrong. So for seven years the Lord handed them over to Midian. 2 Because the Midianites were very powerful and were cruel to Israel, the Israelites made hiding places in the mountains, in caves, and in safe places. 3 Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other peoples from the east would come and attack them. 4 They camped in the land and destroyed the crops that the Israelites had planted as far away as Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to eat, and no sheep, cattle, or donkeys. 5 The Midianites came with their tents and their animals like swarms of locusts to ruin the land. There were so many people and camels they could not be counted. 6 Israel became very poor because of the Midianites, so they cried out to the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

impoverished: Psalms 106:43, *marg. Jeremiah 5:17, Malachi 1:4

cried: Judges 3:9, Judges 3:15, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 78:34, Psalms 106:44, Isaiah 26:16, Hosea 5:15

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 13:4 - Jehoahaz Nehemiah 9:27 - in the time Psalms 22:5 - cried Psalms 107:13 - General Psalms 144:14 - no breaking in

Cross-References

Genesis 6:8
But Noah pleased the Lord .
Genesis 6:10
He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:17
I will bring a flood of water on the earth to destroy all living things that live under the sky, including everything that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will die.
Genesis 6:18
But I will make an agreement with you—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives will all go into the boat.
Exodus 32:14
So the Lord changed his mind and did not destroy the people as he had said he might.
Numbers 23:19
God is not a human being, and he will not lie. He is not a human, and he does not change his mind. What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he makes come true.
Deuteronomy 5:29
I wish their hearts would always respect me and that they would always obey my commands so that things would go well for them and their children forever!
Deuteronomy 32:29
I wish they were wise and understood this; I wish they could see what will happen to them.
Deuteronomy 32:36
The Lord will defend his people and have mercy on his servants. He will see that their strength is gone, that nobody is left, slaves or free.
1 Samuel 15:11
"I am sorry I made Saul king, because he has stopped following me and has not obeyed my commands." Samuel was upset, and he cried out to the Lord all night long.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Israel was greatly impoverished, because of the Midianites,.... Were reduced very low, brought into famishing circumstances through the Midianites thus destroying the fruits of the earth year after year:

and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord; which they should have done at first, instead of going into dens and caves; however, better late than not at all; they cried, not to the idols they had served, being sensible they could not help them, though so as to worship them; but to Jehovah the God of the whole earth, and who was in a special sense their God, though they had forsaken him.


 
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