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Judges 7:12

in Judges 7

Now 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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.

KJV

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

This verse in Judges 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

in the valley like a swarm of locusts

on Judges 7:12-14

Barley was the poor man's grain, so the "loaf of barley bread" is the cheapest bread a stripped country could bake. The comfort comes from a Midianite who says "God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand". The outcome is stated in the enemy camp first.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), the men like grasshoppers for multitude, and they proved no better than grasshoppers for strength and courage; the camels one could not count, any more than the sand. He causes him to hear that which was to him a very good omen; and when he had heard it he went back again immediately, supposing he now had what he was sent thither for.

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The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּמִדְיָ֨ןand Midian

    umidyanH4080 →59 times

  • וַעֲמָלֵ֤קand Amalek

    vaamalekH6002 →39 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • בְּנֵי־[the] people of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • קֶ֙דֶם֙[the] east

    kedemH6924 →87 times

  • נֹפְלִ֣ים[were] lying

    nofelimH5307 →435 times

  • בָּעֵ֔מֶקin the valley

    baemekH6010 →69 times

  • כָּאַרְבֶּ֖הlike <the> locust[s]

    kaarbehH697 →

  • לָרֹ֑בfor multitude

    laroH7230 →149 times

  • וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙and [belonged] to camels their

    veligmaleihemH1581 →54 times

  • אֵ֣יןnot

    ʾeinH369 →789 times

  • מִסְפָּ֔רnumber

    misparH4557 →134 times

  • כַּח֛וֹלlike the sand

    kacholH2344 →

  • שֶׁעַל־that [is] on

    sheal-H5921 →5755 times

  • שְׂפַ֥ת[the] shore of

    sefatH8193 →

  • הַיָּ֖םthe sea

    haiyamH3220 →396 times

  • לָרֹֽב׃for multitude

    laroH7230 →149 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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,

    it leads to

    • Judges 6:33

      Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

    • Judges 3:13

      After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

    • Genesis 29:1

      Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

    • 1 Kings 4:30

      Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

    • Job 1:3

      and 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.

  • Through

    Judges 6:5

    For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.

    it leads to

    • Judges 8:10

      Now 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…

    • Isaiah 60:6

      Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.

  • Through

    Joshua 11:4

    So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 13:5

      Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of…

Where this verse is studied

About Judges

Gideon Chooses 300 Soldiers — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Gideon Chooses 300 Soldiers — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.