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Updated Bible Version

Judges 6:7

And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian,

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,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the children of Israel cried vnto the Lord, because of the Madianites,
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,
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 it came to pass, when the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian, 8 that Yahweh sent a prophet to the sons of Israel: and he said to them, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of slaves; 9 and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land; 10 and I said to you, I am Yahweh your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But you haven't listened to my voice.

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 pass, when man began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw the daughters of man that they were fair; and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
Genesis 6:3
And Yahweh said, My spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh: and his days shall be 120 years.
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man, and they bore [children] to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 6:20
Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
Psalms 37:20
But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Yahweh shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; In smoke they shall consume away.
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of Yahweh prolongs days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Proverbs 16:4
Yahweh has made everything for its own end; Yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land shall mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yes, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.

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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