Judges 6:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֖ה אִם־זָרַ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְעָלָ֨ה מִדְיָ֧ן וֽ͏ַעֲמָלֵ֛ק וּבְנֵי־קֶ֖דֶם וְעָל֥וּ עָלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyâ if zāraʿ yiśrāʾēl and wə-ʿālâ midyān wa-ʿămālēq and bənê-qedem and wə-ʿālû ʿālāyw

Grammar Details

*wə-hāyâ*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and it happened/was
*zāraʿ*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - sowed/planted
*wə-ʿālâ*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and came up/ascended
*wa-ʿămālēq*: waw conjunction + proper noun - and Amalek
*bənê-qedem*: construct noun phrase - sons/people of the east
*wə-ʿālû*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 3rd person plural - and they came up/ascended
*ʿālāyw*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - against him/it

Word Meanings

*wə-hāyâ*: and it happened/and it came to pass/whenever
*zāraʿ*: sowed/planted/seeded
*ʿālâ*: came up/ascended/attacked/invaded

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Referenced Verses

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 {H3220} for multitude.
Judg 3:13 : 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.
Judg 6:33 : 33 Then 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.
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.
1 Kgs 4:30 : 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Job 1:3 : 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
Gen 29:1 : 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
Lev 26:16 : 16 I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Deut 28:30-33 : 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people; and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand. 33 The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;
Deut 28:51 : 51 and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish.
Job 31:8 : 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
Isa 65:21-22 : 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Mic 6:15 : 15 Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the wine.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Judg 6:4-7
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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.
5For 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.
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,
Judg 6:1-2
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82%
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.
Judg 6:33
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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.
Judg 7:12
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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 {H3220} for multitude.
Exod 17:8
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8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Judg 10:9
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9And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
Num 31:9
74%
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.
Num 25:17
74%
17Vex the Midianites, and smite them;
Judg 11:4-5
2 verses
73%
4And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5And it was so, that, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
2 Kgs 3:24
73%
24And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.
Judg 3:13
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13And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.
1 Sam 15:2-3
2 verses
73%
2Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Judg 7:23
73%
23And the men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
Hab 3:7
72%
7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
1 Sam 14:48
72%
48And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.
Ps 83:9
72%
9Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
Gen 14:7
72%
7And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
Deut 25:17
72%
17Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;
Num 31:2-3
2 verses
72%
2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah's vengeance on Midian.
2 Chr 20:10
72%
10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;
1 Sam 12:9
72%
9But they forgat Jehovah their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.
Num 14:45
72%
45Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.
Judg 11:16
71%
16but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
Gen 42:5
71%
5And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Judg 6:16
71%
16And Jehovah said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
Judg 2:15
71%
15Whithersoever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them: and they were sore distressed.
Judg 7:1
71%
1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Num 22:3
71%
3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
1 Sam 7:7
71%
7And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
1 Sam 30:1
71%
1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
Judg 10:12
71%
12The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried unto me, and I saved you out of their hand.
2 Chr 20:23
71%
23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
Judg 10:6
71%
6And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and served him not.
Num 31:7
71%
7And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.