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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
up	יַעֲל֜וּ ya.'a.Lu	H5927	to ascend · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
cattle	וּמִקְנֵיהֶ֨ם u.mik.nei.Hem	H4735	something bought · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
tents	וְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם ve.'o.ho.lei.Hem	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
came	וּבָ֤אוּ vu.ba'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
as	כְדֵֽי khe.dei-	H1767	enough (as noun or adverb) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
grasshoppers	אַרְבֶּה֙ 'ar.Beh	H697	a locust (from its rapid increase) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
multitude	לָרֹ֔ב la.Ro	H7230	abundance (in any respect) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
camels	וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖ם ve.lig.ma.lei.Hem	H1581	a camel · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
number	מִסְפָּ֑ר mis.Par	H4557	a number · noun, common masculine singular absolute
entered	וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ vai.ya.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
land	בָאָ֖רֶץ va.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
destroy	לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ le.sha.cha.Tah	H7843	to decay · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Judges 7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their ca…
Judges 8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the chi…
Isaiah 60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and inc…
Isaiah 13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither…
Jeremiah 46:23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerab…
Jeremiah 49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; an…
Jeremiah 49:32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost…
Judges 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmu…

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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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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:2

made . . . dens . . . in the mountains and caves--not, of course, excavating them, for they were already, but making them fit for habitation.

John Gill on Judges 6:5

For they came up with their cattle, and their tents,.... Brought their flocks and their herds with them, to eat up the increase of the earth, and their tents, which they pitched and removed from place to place, for the convenience of feeding their cattle, and while they cut down the fruit of the earth everywhere, which serves to confirm the sense of the Targum and Vulgate Latin version of Judges 6:5. and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; or "as locusts" (c), they were like them for their number, and for devouring all they came to: and their camels were without number; which they brought with them, to load and carry off their plunder they could not eat. Midian was a place famous for…

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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…

Dictionary and topics

Dromedary — (Isa. 60:6), an African or Arabian species of camel having only one hump, while the Bactrian camel has two. It is distinguished from the camel only as a trained saddle-horse is distinguished from a…
Ephah — Gloom. (1.) One of the five sons of Midian, and grandson of Abraham (Gen. 25:4). The city of Ephah, to which he gave his name, is mentioned Isa. 60:6, 7. This city, with its surrounding territory,…
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…
Grasshopper — Belongs to the class of neuropterous insects called Gryllidae. This insect is not unknown in Palestine. In Judg. 6:5; 7:12; Job 39:30; Jer. 46:23, where the Authorized Version has “grasshopper,” the…
Locust — There are ten Hebrew words used in Scripture to signify locust. In the New Testament locusts are mentioned as forming part of the food of John the Baptist (Matt. 3:4; Mark 1:6). By the Mosaic law…
Amalekites, The · With Midian, oppressed Israel — With Midian, oppressed Israel
Armies · Compared to: Grasshoppers — Compared to: Grasshoppers
Insects · Mentioned in scripture: Grasshopper — Mentioned in scripture: Grasshopper
Kirjath-Jearim · General references — General references
Locust · In A. V. often inaccurately translated “grasshopper,” as in — In A. V. often inaccurately translated “grasshopper,” as in
Midianites · Allowed to oppress Israel — Allowed to oppress Israel

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:2

John Gill on Judges 6:5

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 6:1-10

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Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:2

John Gill on Judges 6:5

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 6:1-10

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Judges 6:5