Judges 6:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 13:6 : 6 When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.
  • Heb 11:38 : 38 Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
  • Rev 6:15 : 15 And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;
  • 1 Sam 14:11 : 11 And they let the Philistine force see the two of them: and the Philistines said, Look! the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have taken cover.
  • Lev 26:17 : 17 And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.
  • Deut 28:47-48 : 47 Because you did not give honour to the Lord your God, worshipping him gladly, with joy in your hearts on account of all your wealth of good things; 48 For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 6:1
    84%

    1And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them up into the hand of Midian for seven years.

  • Judg 6:3-7
    5 verses
    82%

    3And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;

    4And put their army in position against them; and they took all the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, till there was no food in Israel, or any sheep or oxen or asses.

    5For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.

    6And Israel was in great need because of Midian; and the cry of the children of Israel went up to the Lord.

    7And when the cry of the children of Israel, because of Midian, came before the Lord,

  • 1 Sam 13:6
    77%

    6When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.

  • Job 30:6
    73%

    6They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.

  • Num 31:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

    10And after burning all their towns and all their tent-circles,

  • Hab 3:7
    72%

    7The curtains of Cushan were troubled, and the tents of Midian were shaking.

  • Judg 2:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of those who violently took their property, and into the hands of their haters all round them, so that they were forced to give way before them.

    15Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had taken his oath it would be; and things became very hard for them.

  • Judg 8:28
    70%

    28So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

  • 1 Sam 12:9
    70%

    9But they were false to the Lord their God, and he gave them up into the hands of Sisera, captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab, who made war against them.

  • Judg 7:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.

    2And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.

  • Num 25:17
    70%

    17Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;

  • Num 31:2
    70%

    2Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

  • Judg 6:33
    70%

    33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.

  • Judg 3:12
    70%

    12Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes.

  • Judg 7:23
    70%

    23And the men of Israel came together from Naphtali and from Asher and all Manasseh, and went after Midian.

  • Judg 4:24
    70%

    24And the power of the children of Israel went on increasing against Jabin, king of Canaan, till he was cut off.

  • Exod 17:11
    69%

    11Now while Moses' hand was lifted up, Israel was the stronger: but when he let his hand go down, Amalek became the stronger.

  • Judg 3:8
    69%

    8So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel were his servants for eight years.

  • Judg 13:1
    69%

    1And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

  • Judg 10:6
    69%

    6And again the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and Astartes, and the gods of Aram and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines; they gave up the Lord and were servants to him no longer.

  • Judg 1:35
    69%

    35For the Amorites would go on living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the children of Joseph became stronger than they, and put them to forced work.

  • 2 Chr 13:16
    69%

    16And the children of Israel went in flight before Judah, and God gave them up into their hands.

  • Judg 10:12
    69%

    12And the Zidonians and Amalek and Midian crushing you down, and in answer to your cry did I not give you salvation from their hands?

  • Num 22:3
    69%

    3And in Moab there was great fear of the people, because their numbers were so great: and the feeling of Moab was bitter against the children of Israel.

  • Deut 2:15
    68%

    15For the hand of the Lord was against them, working their destruction, till all were dead.

  • Judg 6:16
    68%

    16Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.

  • Judg 7:12
    68%

    12Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.

  • Judg 7:14
    68%

    14And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.

  • Ps 83:9
    68%

    9Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon:

  • Exod 19:2
    68%

    2And when they had gone away from Rephidim and had come into the waste land of Sinai, they put up their tents in the waste land before the mountain: there Israel put up its tents.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
    68%

    7Now when the Philistines had news that the children of Israel had come together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the children of Israel, hearing of it, were full of fear.