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Judges 6:3

Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

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ASV

And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

KJV

And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֖הve.ha.Yahand it wasH1961 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
זָרַ֣עza.Ra'it sowedH2232 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וְעָלָ֨הve.'a.Lahand it went upH5927 →
מִדְיָ֧ןmid.YanMidianH4080 →
וַֽעֲמָלֵ֛קva.'a.ma.Lekand AmalekH6002 →
וּבְנֵי־u.ve.nei-and [the] people ofH1121 →
קֶ֖דֶםKe.dem[the] eastH6924 →
וְעָל֥וּve.'a.Luand they went upH5927 →
עָלָֽיו׃'a.Lavon himH5921 →

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Genesis 25:6But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.Judges 7:12Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.Judges 6:33Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.Judges 3:13After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.Job 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.Isaiah 65:21–22They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.Judges 8:10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.Genesis 29:1Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.1 Kings 4:30Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!Judges 10:12Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?Numbers 13:29The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”Leviticus 26:16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.Deuteronomy 28:30–33You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.Job 31:8then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.Deuteronomy 28:51They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.Micah 6:15You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.Psalms 144:14Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.

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