King James Version
Judges 6:6 in the King James Version says “And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.” — study this verse from Judges chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.”
Judges 6:6 · King James Version
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. sheep: or goat
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.
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,
That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; a prophet: Heb. a man a prophet
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Compare 4 commentaries from different scholars and time periods for a richer understanding.
“And Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“was greatly”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
“because”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the Midianites”
H4080midjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
“cried”
H2199to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
“and the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“And Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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