Judges Chapter 7 verse 12 Holy Bible
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.
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Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.
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And the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the seashore for multitude.
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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.
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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.
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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 on the sea-shore for multitude.
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and Midian and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which `is' on the sea-shore for multitude.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Like grasshoppers.--Comp. Judges 6:5; Numbers 22:4-5.Their camels.--Which constitute the chief wealth of Arab tribes. "The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah" (Isaiah 60:6).As the sand.--See Joshua 11:4, and frequently in the Bible. (See Genesis 22:17; Isaiah 48:19, &c.) . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewNow the Midianites,וּמִדְיָ֨ן (ū·miḏ·yān)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 4080: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled Amalekites,וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק (wa·‘ă·mā·lêq)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 6002: Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterityand allוְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everythe other peopleבְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1121: A sonof the Eastקֶ֙דֶם֙ (qe·ḏem)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 6924: The front, of place, timehad settledנֹפְלִ֣ים (nō·p̄ə·lîm)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 5307: To fall, liein the valleyבָּעֵ֔מֶק (bā·‘ê·meq)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 6010: A valelike a swarm ofלָרֹ֑ב (lā·rōḇ)Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatnesslocusts,כָּאַרְבֶּ֖ה (kā·’ar·beh)Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 697: (a kind of) locustand their camelsוְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙ (wə·liḡ·mal·lê·hem)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 1581: A camelwere as innumerableאֵ֣ין (’ên)AdverbStrong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particleas the sandכַּח֛וֹל (ka·ḥō·wl)Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2344: Sandonשֶׁעַל־ (še·‘al-)Pronoun - relative | PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstthe seashore.שְׂפַ֥ת (śə·p̄aṯ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 8193: The lip, language, a marginJump to PreviousAmalek Amalekites Amal'ekites Camels Children Counted Covering East Eastern Lay Midian Midianites Mid'ianites Multitude Numerous Peoples Sand Sea Seashore Sea-Shore Seaside Settled Side Thick Valley
