Judges 6:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For they came with their livestock and tents, like swarms of locusts in number. Both they and their camels were too many to count, and they invaded the land to devastate it.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For they came vp with their catell and tentes, as it had bene a greate multitude of greshoppers (so that nether they ner their camels mighte be nombred) and fell in to the londe, that they mighte destroye it.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For they went vp, and their cattel, & came with their tentes as grashoppers in multitude: so that they & their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For they went vp, they and their cattel, and came with their tentes as a multitude of grasshopers, so that both they and also their camels were without number: And they entred into the land to destroy it.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; [for] both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for they and their cattle come up, with their tents; they come in as the fulness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their cattle there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For they came up with their livestock 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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When they invaded with their cattle and tents, they were as thick as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. They came to devour the land.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 7:12 : 12 Midian, Amalek, and all the people of the east were lying in the valley as thick as locusts. Their camels were too numerous to count, like the sand on the seashore.
  • Judg 8:10 : 10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all that was left of the army of the sons of the east. One hundred twenty thousand sword-wielding men had fallen.
  • Judg 8:21 : 21 Zebah and Zalmunna said, 'Get up yourself and strike us down, for a man is judged by his strength.' So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
  • 1 Sam 30:17 : 17 David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.
  • Ps 83:4-9 : 4 They devise cunning plans against your people and conspire together against your treasured ones. 5 They say, 'Come, let us destroy them as a nation, so that the name of Israel may no longer be remembered.' 6 For they have consulted together with one mind; they have made a covenant against you. 7 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, 8 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre. 9 Even Assyria has joined them; they have strengthened the descendants of Lot. Selah. 10 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon, 11 who were destroyed at En-dor and became like dung on the ground. 12 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
  • Song 1:5 : 5 I am dark but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
  • Isa 13:20 : 20 It will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there, and no shepherds will let their flocks lie down there.
  • Isa 60:6 : 6 A multitude of camels will cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense and will proclaim the praises of the Lord.
  • Jer 46:23 : 23 They will cut down her forest, declares the Lord, though it is dense. They are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
  • Jer 49:29 : 29 They will take their tents and flocks, their curtains and all their goods, and carry away their camels for themselves. They will call out against them, 'Terror on every side!'
  • Jer 49:32 : 32 Their camels will be plundered, and their large herds will be taken as spoil. I will scatter to every wind those who cut the corners of their hair, and I will bring disaster on them from every side, declares the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Judg 6:1-4
    4 verses
    86%

    1The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.

    2Midian's power overwhelmed Israel, and because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

    3Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east would come up and attack them.

    4They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys.

  • Judg 7:12
    84%

    12Midian, Amalek, and all the people of the east were lying in the valley as thick as locusts. Their camels were too numerous to count, like the sand on the seashore.

  • Josh 11:4
    75%

    4They came out with all their armies, a vast number of people as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a large number of horses and chariots.

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

    21They took away their livestock: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand people as captives.

    22Many were killed because the battle was from God, and they lived in their territory until the time of the exile.

  • Judg 6:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.

    7When the Israelites cried out to the Lord because of Midian,

  • Ps 105:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34He spoke, and locusts came, young locusts without number.

    35They ate up all the vegetation in their land and consumed the fruit of their ground.

  • Jer 46:23
    74%

    23They will cut down her forest, declares the Lord, though it is dense. They are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.

  • Judg 6:33
    71%

    33Now all the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east joined forces, crossed the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

  • Num 31:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9The Israelites captured the women of Midian and their children, and they took all their livestock, all their goods, and all their wealth as plunder.

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    11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

  • Exod 10:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14The locusts came up over the entire land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of the land in such large numbers that they had never been seen before, nor will they ever be seen again.

    15They covered the face of the whole land, so that it was darkened. They devoured every plant in the land, all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green remained on a tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 4:41
    71%

    41These, recorded by name, came during the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the tents of the Meunites who were found there and completely destroyed them, as is still the case today. Then they settled in their place because there was pasture there for their flocks.

  • Joel 2:3-5
    3 verses
    70%

    3Before them, fire devours; behind them, flames blaze. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is a desolate wilderness—nothing escapes them.

    4Their appearance is like that of horses; like warhorses, they run.

    5With the noise of chariots, they leap over the mountaintops, like the crackling of a blazing fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army arrayed for battle.

  • Num 25:17
    70%

    17‘Treat the Midianites as enemies and strike them down.

  • Exod 10:12
    70%

    12And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt so that locusts may swarm over the land and consume every plant that the hail has left."

  • Nah 3:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. It will consume you like the young locusts. Multiply yourselves like locusts; increase yourselves like swarming locusts.

    16You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The young locust strips the land and flies away.

  • Jer 8:16
    70%

    16The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; the neighing of their mighty stallions causes the whole land to tremble. They come and devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who live there.

  • Isa 33:4
    70%

    4Your plunder will be gathered like the gathering of locusts; people will swarm over it like locusts swarming.

  • Jer 5:17
    69%

    17They will consume your harvest and your bread, devour your sons and daughters, eat your flocks and herds, and consume your vines and fig trees. With the sword, they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust.

  • Exod 12:38
    69%

    38A mixed multitude also went up with them, along with flocks, herds, and a great deal of livestock.

  • Hab 1:9
    69%

    9They all come for violence; their faces are set to advance. They gather captives like sand.

  • Hab 3:7
    69%

    7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the dwellings of Midian trembled.

  • Ps 78:46
    69%

    46He gave their crops to the caterpillar and the fruit of their labor to the locust.

  • Jer 49:29
    69%

    29They will take their tents and flocks, their curtains and all their goods, and carry away their camels for themselves. They will call out against them, 'Terror on every side!'

  • Deut 1:44
    69%

    44Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do; they struck you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.

  • Isa 37:27
    69%

    27Their inhabitants, stripped of strength, were dismayed and put to shame. They were like grass in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the housetops, scorched before it grows up.

  • Exod 10:5
    69%

    5They will cover the surface of the ground so that it cannot be seen, and they will devour what little is left after the hail, including every tree growing in your fields.

  • Deut 2:15
    69%

    15Indeed, the LORD's hand was against them, eliminating them from within the camp until they were all destroyed.

  • 1 Kgs 20:27
    69%

    27The Israelites were also mustered and supplied with provisions. They went out to meet the Arameans and camped opposite them, appearing like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

  • Num 22:4
    69%

    4Moab said to the elders of Midian, 'Now this horde will devour everything around us, like an ox eats the grass of the field.' At that time, Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab.

  • Judg 7:23
    69%

    23The men of Israel from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh were called out, and they pursued the Midianites.

  • Num 31:32
    68%

    32The remaining plunder, taken by the soldiers, included 675,000 sheep,