Judges 6:5

American Standard Version (1901)

For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

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  • Judg 7:12 : 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.
  • Judg 8:10 : 10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
  • Judg 8:21 : 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.
  • 1 Sam 30:17 : 17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled.
  • Ps 83:4-9 : 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: 8 Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. {{Selah 9 Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; 10 Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna; 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.
  • Song 1:5 : 5 I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
  • Isa 13:20 : 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.
  • Isa 60:6 : 6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of Jehovah.
  • Jer 46:23 : 23 They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
  • Jer 49:29 : 29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!
  • Jer 49:32 : 32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter unto all winds them that have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, saith Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 6:1-4
    4 verses
    86%

    1And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

    2And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

    3And 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;

    4and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

  • Judg 7:12
    84%

    12And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.

  • Josh 11:4
    75%

    4And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

  • 1 Chr 5:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.

    22For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.

  • Judg 6:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.

    7And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah because of Midian,

  • Ps 105:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,

    35And did eat up every herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground.

  • Jer 46:23
    74%

    23They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

  • 2 Chr 14:15
    73%

    15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.

  • Judg 6:33
    71%

    33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

  • Num 31:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

    10And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

    11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

  • Exod 10:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

    15For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 4:41
    71%

    41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks.

  • Joel 2:3-5
    3 verses
    70%

    3A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

    4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.

    5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

  • Num 25:17
    70%

    17Vex the Midianites, and smite them;

  • Exod 10:12
    70%

    12And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

  • Nah 3:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.

    16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.

  • Jer 8:16
    70%

    16The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.

  • Isa 33:4
    70%

    4And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.

  • Jer 5:17
    69%

    17And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.

  • Exod 12:38
    69%

    38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

  • Hab 1:9
    69%

    9They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

  • Hab 3:7
    69%

    7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

  • Ps 78:46
    69%

    46He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.

  • Jer 49:29
    69%

    29Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!

  • Deut 1:44
    69%

    44And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.

  • Isa 37:27
    69%

    27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field [of grain] before it is grown up.

  • Exod 10:5
    69%

    5and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

  • Deut 2:15
    69%

    15Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.

  • 1 Kgs 20:27
    69%

    27And the children of Israel were mustered, and were victualled, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

  • Num 22:4
    69%

    4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

  • Judg 7:23
    69%

    23And the men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.

  • Num 31:32
    68%

    32Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,