Judges 6 · Verse 33

Judges 6:33

Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
Judges 6:33, King James Version

Judges 6:33 in other translations

BSBThen all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
WEBThen all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
ASVThen all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
YLTAnd all Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east have been gathered together, and pass over, and encamp in the valley of Jezreel,
DARBYAnd all Midian and Amalek and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
BBEThen all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.
WebsterThen all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east were assembled, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

What does Judges 6:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jud 6:33-39. The Signs.

33. all the Midianites ... pitched in Jezreel--The confederated troops of Midian, Amalek, and their neighbors, crossing the Jordan to make a fresh inroad on Canaan, encamped in the plains of Esdraelon (anciently Jezreel). The southern part of the Ghor lies in a very low level, so that there is a steep and difficult descent into Canaan by the southern wadies. Keeping this in view, we see the reason why the Midianite army, from the east of Jordan, entered Canaan by the northern wadies of the Ghor, opposite Jezreel.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 Then all the Midianites - Hearing of what Gideon had done, and apprehending that this might be a forerunner of attempts to regain their liberty, they formed a general association against Israel.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 6:33-40
These signs are truly miraculous, and very significant. Gideon and his men were going to fight the Midianites; could God distinguish between a small fleece of Israel, and the vast floor of Midian? Gideon is made to know that God could do so. Is Gideon desirous that the dew of Divine grace might come down upon himself in particular? He sees the fleece wet with dew to assure him of it. Does he desire that God will be as the dew to all Israel? Behold, all the ground is wet. What cause we sinners of the Gentiles have, to bless the Lord that the dew of heavenly blessings, once confined to Israel, is now sent to all the inhabitants of the earth! Yet still the means of grace are in different measures, according to the purposes of God. In the same congregation, one man's soul is like Gideon's moistened fleece, another like the dry ground.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Judges 6:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
מִדְיָ֧ןmid.YanMidianH4080
וַעֲמָלֵ֛קva.'a.ma.Lekand AmalekH6002
וּבְנֵי\־u.ve.nei-and [the] people ofH1121
קֶ֖דֶםKe.dem[the] eastH6924
נֶאֶסְפ֣וּne.'es.Futhey gatheredH622
יַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavtogetherH3162
וַיַּעַבְר֥וּvai.ya.'av.Ruand they passed overH5674
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583
בְּעֵ֥מֶקbe.'E.mekin [the] valley ofH6010
יִזְרְעֶֽאל\׃yiz.re.'ElJezreelH3157

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Cross references for Judges 6:33

  • Joshua 17:16

    And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth–shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

  • 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;

  • Romans 8:35-39

    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, …

  • Psalms 27:2-3

    When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

  • 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. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  • 1 Kings 18:45

    And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

  • Judges 7:24

    And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan.

  • Judges 8:10-11

    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. And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

  • Psalms 3:1

    A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

  • 1 Kings 21:1

    And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

  • Joshua 19:18

    And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

  • Job 1:3

    His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then all.
Ps 3:1; 27:2,3; 118:10-12; Isa 8:9,10; Ro 8:35-39
children.
3; 8:10,11; 1Ch 5:19; Job 1:3
went over.
7:24; Jos 3:16
the valley.
Jos 17:16; 19:18; 1Ki 18:45; 21:1

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Context

  • Judges 6:32

    Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.

  • Judges 6:33

    Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

  • Judges 6:34

    But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi–ezer was gathered after him.

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Judges 6:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y todos los Madianitas, y Amalecitas, y orientales, se juntaron á una, y pasando asentaron campo en el valle de Jezreel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tout Madian, et Amalek, et les fils de l’orient, se réunirent ensemble et passèrent le Jourdain, et campèrent dans la vallée de Jizreël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ganz Midian und Amalek und die Söhne des Ostens versammelten sich allzumal, und sie setzten über den Jordan und lagerten sich im Tale Jisreel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Igitur omnis Madian, et Amalec, et orientales populi, congregati sunt simul: et transeuntes Jordanem, castrametati sunt in valle Jezraël.