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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
children	בְנֵי ve.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
did	וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ vai.ya.'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
evil	הָרַ֖ע ha.Ra'	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
sight	בְּעֵינֵ֣י be.'ei.Nei	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
LORD	יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
delivered	וַיִּתְּנֵ֧ם vai.yi.te.Nem	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
hand	בְּיַד be.yad-	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
Midian	מִדְיָ֖ן mid.Yan	H4080	Midjan · proper noun, a place name
seven	שֶׁ֥בַע She.va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
years	שָׁנִֽים sha.Nim	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Nehemiah 9:26-29 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified ag…
Judges 2:19-20 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods…
Numbers 25:15-18 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midi…
Numbers 31:1-3 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Deuteronomy 28:15-68 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statut…
Judges 2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
Judges 2:13-14 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Leviticus 26:14-46 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:1-6

We have here, I. Israel's sin renewed: They did evil in the sight of the Lord, Jdg 6:1. The burnt child dreads the fire; yet this perverse unthinking people, that had so often smarted sorely for their idolatry, upon a little respite of God's judgments return to it again. This people hath a revolting rebellious heart, not kept in awe by the terror of God's judgments, nor engaged in honour and gratitude by the great things he had done for them to keep themselves in his love. The providence of God will not change the hearts and lives of sinners. II. Israel's troubles repeated. This would follow of course; let all that sin expect to suffer; let all that return to folly expect to return to misery…

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John Gill on Judges 6:1

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord,.... After the death of Deborah and Barak, during whose life they kept to the pure worship of God, and who, perhaps, lived pretty near the close of the forty years' rest, or of the twenty years from their victory over Jabin; but they dying, the children of Israel fell into idolatry, for that that was the evil they did appears from Judges 6:10, even worshipping the gods of the Amorites: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years: this was not the Midian where Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, lived, which lay more southward, but that which joined to Moab, and was more eastward. This people had been destroyed…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 6:1-10

Renewed Apostasy of the Nation, and Its Punishment. - Jdg 6:1. As the Israelites forsook Jehovah their God again, the Lord delivered them up for seven years into the hands of the Midianites. The Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:2), and had penetrated into the grassy steppes on the eastern side of the country of the Moabites and Ammonites (see at Num 22:4), had shown hostility to Israel even in the time of Moses, and had been defeated in a war of retaliation on the part of the Israelites (Num 31). But they had afterwards recovered their strength, so that now, after an interval of 200 years, the Lord used them as a rod of chastisement for His rebellious people. I…

The Church Fathers

The "land was at rest" as long as sin was at rest. But the land is said to be disturbed, meaning those who inhabit the land, when the souls of the people began to move and to dislocate in sin. This is why the text was written this way: "The land was at rest for forty years. And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And Midian ruled over Israel." As long as there was justice in the land, therefore, that is, in those who inhabited the land, the land is said to be at rest. But when iniquity arose and "they did evil in the sight of the Lord," then the Lord is said to have delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. Nor are the Midianites said to have ruled over the people of the Lord as long as they observed the commandments of the Lord. But when they began to neglect the divine mandates, the hand of their enemy became stronger and more powerful against them. Yet, whereas their bodily enemies arose and strengthened against them when the first people failed, against us, on the other hand, who are called the spiritual Israel, a spiritual enemy will arise and the hand of demons will be strengthened when we neglect the commandments of God and hold the precepts of Christ in contempt, and we will be delivered to our own enemies when we forsake God's grace.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JUDGES 7.1

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Dictionary and topics

Gideon — Called also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:29, 32), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judg. 6-8). His calling is the commencement of the second period in the history of the…
Midianite — An Arabian tribe descended from Midian. They inhabited principally the desert north of the peninsula of Arabia. The peninsula of Sinai was the pasture-ground for their flocks. They were virtually the…
Kirjath-Jearim · General references — General references
Midianites · Allowed to oppress Israel — Allowed to oppress Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:1-6

John Gill on Judges 6:1

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 6:1-10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:1-6

John Gill on Judges 6:1

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 6:1-10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Judges 6:1