Judges 3:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 3:6

4 And they were left, that He might test Israel by them, to¹ know whether they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

5 ^aThus the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

6 And ^athey took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods.

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7 So the children of Israel did ^aevil in the sight of the Lord. They ^bforgot the Lord their God, and served the Baals and Asherahs.

8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and He ^asold them into the hand of ^bCushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.

Verse Comparison: Judges 3:6

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American Standard Version
and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.

Amplified® Bible
And they married their daughters and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Contemporary English Version
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Darby English Version
and they took their daughters to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons; and they served their gods.

Good News Bible
They intermarried with them and worshiped their gods.

King James Version
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

New American Standard Bible
and they took their daughters for themselves as wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

New International Version
They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

New King James Version
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and they took their daughters for themselves as wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Revised Standard Version
and they took their daughters to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons; and they served their gods.

Young's Literal Translation
and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods;

New English Translation
They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites;¹ they worshiped² their gods as well.

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