3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.


In Context

1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD , and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.

2 Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds.

3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.

4 They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys.

5 They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it.

Judges 6:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:3And [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;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:3And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations came up:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:3And 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3For whenever the Israelites put in seed the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and the people of the East would come up and attack them;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:3And 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;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3And 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;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3So 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;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3And it hath been, if Israel hath sowed, that Midian hath come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, yea, they have come up against him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:3And 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;