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;


In Context

1 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

2 The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

3 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;

4 and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey.

5 For they came up with their livestock and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

Judges 6:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.

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 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;