Judges 7:12

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the Midianite and Amalekite and all the sons of the East were lying in the valley as the locust in multitude, and their camels were without number, as the sand by the shore of the sea in multitude.

Latin

Madian autem et Amalec, et omnes orientales populi, fusi jacebant in valle, ut locustarum multitudo: cameli quoque innumerabiles erant, sicut arena quæ jacet in littore maris.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Judges 7:10–15

The Lord gave Gideon a third sign to encourage him (Judges 6:17–21, 36–40).

Judges 6:1–8:35

Gideon's time as a judge ends the first era of judges.

Theme notes and profiles

Gideon God as Holy Warrior

Events

Deliverance by Gideon

Related verses

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.
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 already fallen.
Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
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.
Isaiah 8:9–10
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Psalm 3:1
A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
Psalm 118:10–12
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Psalm 33:16
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
2 Chronicles 14:9–12
Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
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.
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.

Places

Amalek: A nomadic people, descendants of Esau, enemies of Israel East: A direction associated with invading armies and nomadic tribes Midian: A nation descended from Abraham; oppressed Israel in the time of the judges

Glossary

Amalek, Amalekites Armageddon Gilead (Place) Judges, Book of Midian, Midianite Zebah and Zalmunna

Topics

Armies: Accompanied by Beasts of Burden and Wagons for Baggage Armies: Compared to Grasshoppers Courage: Gideon, in Attacking the Confederate Armies of the Midianites and Amalekites with Three Hundred Men Locust: Translated |Grasshopper| Moreh: A Hill on the Plain of Jezreel where the Midianites Encamped Pitcher used by Gideon in his Battle with the Midianites The Camel used for War Trumpet by Gideon's Soldiers

Judges 7:12

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