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Midianites Oppress Israel

1 Then the children of Israel did aevil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord delivered them into the hand of bMidian for seven years,  
2 and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, athe caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains.  
3 So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the apeople of the East would come up against them.  
4 Then they would encamp against them and adestroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep nor ox nor bdonkey.  
5 For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, coming in as numerous as locusts; both they and their camels were1 without number; and they would enter the land to destroy it.  
6 So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel acried out to the Lord.  
7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord because of the Midianites,
8 that the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I brought you up from Egypt and brought you out of the ahouse of bondage;  
Verse Comparison: Judges 6:3

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American Standard Version
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

Amplified® Bible
For whenever Israel had sown their seed, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them.

Contemporary English Version
Every time the Israelites would plant crops, the Midianites invaded Israel together with the Amalekites and other eastern nations.

Darby English Version
For whenever the Israelites put in seed the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and the people of the East would come up and attack them;

Good News Bible
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites would come with the Amalekites and the desert tribes and attack them.

King James Version
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

New American Standard Bible
For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.

New International Version
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.

New King James Version
So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For it took place when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.

Revised Standard Version
For whenever the Israelites put in seed the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and the people of the East would come up and attack them;

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath been, if Israel hath sowed, that Midian hath come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, yea, they have come up against him,


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