Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Judges 6:5 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Judges 6:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Judges chapter 6 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
Commentary on Judges 6:5
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.This verse emphasizes the raiders' overwhelming numbers and mobility. Coming 'with their cattle and their tents' indicates these weren't mere military raids but mobile populations—families, herds, and portable dwellings enabling extended operations. The comparison 'as grasshoppers for multitude' (ki-arbeh larov, כִּי־אַרְבֶּה לָרֹב, 'like locust for abundance') evokes devastating locust swarms that stri...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Judges 6:5
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“as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude.”
“and their armies with them”
“the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense”
“and the multitude of their livestock a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them”
“says Yahweh”
“and all their vessels”
“neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there”
“and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
“but lovely”
“except four hundred young men”