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Judges 7:12

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10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

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.

13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
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 seashore for multitude.
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.
DARBY
And Midian and Amalek and all the children of the east lay along in the valley as locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand upon the sea-shore for multitude.
BLB
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.
ÅB
Men midianittene og amalekittene og alle Østens barn lå der i dalen så tett som gresshopper, og det var ikke tall på deres kameler; de var tallrike som sanden på havets bredd.
OTB
Midianittene, amalekittene og alle folkene fra øst lå i dalen, tallrike som gresshopper; deres kameler var uten tall, tallrike som sanden ved havets bredd.
B1930
Men midianittene og amalekittene og alle Østens barn lå der i dalen så tett som gresshopper, og det var ikke tall på deres kameler; de var tallrike som sanden på havets bredd.

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Cross references

  • Judges 6:5

    For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

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  • Judges 8:10

    Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

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  • Judges 6:3

    And 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;

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  • Isaiah 8:9–10

    Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

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  • Joshua 11:4

    And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

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  • Psalms 3:1

    LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

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  • Psalms 33:16

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

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  • Psalms 118:10–12

    All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

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