Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he cried out to the Lord, requesting assistance against the Midianites. "
— Judges 6:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,”
“And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah because of Midian, ”
“It happened, when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian,”
“When the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help because of Midian,”
“And he cried to the Lord, desiring help against the Madianites.”
“And when the cry of the children of Israel, because of Midian, came before the Lord,”
“And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,”
and pitching their tents among them, they laid waste to all that was planted, as far as the entrance to Gaza. And they left behind nothing at all to sustain life in Israel, neither sheep, nor oxen, nor donkeys.
For they and all their flocks arrived with their tents, and they filled all places like locusts, an innumerable multitude of men and camels, devastating whatever they touched.
And Israel was humbled greatly in the sight of Midian.
And he cried out to the Lord, requesting assistance against the Midianites.
And he sent to them a man who was a prophet, and he said: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I caused you to ascend from Egypt, and I led you away from the house of servitude.
And I freed you from the hand of the Egyptians and from all of the enemies who were afflicting you. And I cast them out at your arrival, and I delivered their land to you.
And I said: I am the Lord your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live. But you were not willing to listen to my voice.’ ”