KJV King James Version
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: [and] because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which [are] in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 6:2
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: [and] because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which [are] in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the hand of Midian is strong against Israel, from the presence of Midian have the sons of Israel made for themselves the flowings which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
Surrounding context — Judges 6
1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: [and] because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which [are] in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
3 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;
4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
5 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתָּ֥עָזH5810 · a.zazbe strongיַד־H3027 · yadhandמִדְיָ֖ןH4080 · mid.yanMidianעַל־H5921 · aluponיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelמִפְּנֵ֨יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeמִדְיָ֜ןH4080 · mid.yanMidianעָשֽׂוּH6213 · a.sahto make: doלָהֶ֣ם׀H9038 · hemthemבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמִּנְהָרוֹת֙H4492 · min.ha.rahcaveאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבֶּֽהָרִ֔יםH2022 · harmountain: mountוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמְּעָר֖וֹתH4631 · me.a.rahcaveוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמְּצָדֽוֹת׃H4679 · me.tsadstronghold
Cross-references
1 Samuel 13:6When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.Hebrews 11:38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth.Leviticus 26:17And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.1 Samuel 14:11And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.Deuteronomy 28:47-48Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];Revelation 6:15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
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