Judges 7:12

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.

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WEBBE

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.

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.

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.

BBE

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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וּמִדְיָן u·mid·yan and Midian H4080 וַעֲמָלֵק va·'a·ma·lek and Amalek H6002 וְכָל־ ve·khol and all H3605 בְּנֵי־ be·nei- [the] people of H1121 קֶדֶם ke·dem [the] east H6924 נֹפְלִים no·fe·lim [were] lying H5307 בָּעֵמֶק ba·'e·mek in the valley H6010 כָּאַרְבֶּה ka·'ar·beh like (the) locust[s] H697 לָרֹב la·ro for multitude H7230 וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם ve·lig·ma·lei·hem and [belonged] to camels their H1581 אֵין 'ein not H369 מִסְפָּר mis·par number H4557 כַּחוֹל ka·chol like the sand H2344 שֶׁעַל־ she·'al- that [is] on H5921 שְׂפַת se·fat [the] shore of H8193 הַיָּם hai·yam the sea H3220 לָרֹב la·ro for multitude H7230

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–15

The dream seemed to have little meaning in it; but the interpretation evidently proved the whole to be from the Lord, and discovered that the name of Gideon had filled the Midianites with terror. Gideon took this as a sure pledge of success; without delay he worshipped and praised God, and returned with confidence to his three hundred men. Wherever we are, we may speak to God, and worship him. God must have the praise of that which encourages our faith. And his providence must be acknowledged in events, though small and seemingly accidental.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.