NET Bible
"Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them."
— Judges 6:3, NET Bible
“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;”
“And 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; ”
“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;”
“And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations, came up:”
“And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;”
“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;”
Oppression and Confrontation The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.
The Midianites overwhelmed Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.
They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.
When they invaded with their cattle and tents, they were as thick as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. They came to devour the land.
Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help.