Judges 6:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Judges 6:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Judges 6:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Judges 6:5 WEB — 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.”

Judges 6:5 — World English Bible

Judges 6:5 ASV — 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.”

Judges 6:5 — American Standard Version

Judges 6:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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.”

Judges 6:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Judges 6:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Judges 6:5 — Darby Translation

Judges 6:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

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

Judges 6:5 — Geneva Bible

Judges 6:5 in Context — Judges 6

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.

6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.

7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,

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What Does Judges 6:5 Mean?

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