Judges 6:1 - New Revised Standard Version The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition BUT THE Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years. American Standard Version (1901) And 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. Common English Bible The Israelites did things that the LORD saw as evil, and the LORD handed them over to the Midianites for seven years. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, who delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hand of Madian seven years. |
When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
I saw the tents of Cushan under affliction; the tent-curtains of the land of Midian trembled.
And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Now Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—
So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites,
Then the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and worshiped the Baals;
Gideon answered him, “But sir, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has cast us off, and given us into the hand of Midian.”