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OET (OET-RV) No OET-RV JDG 6:5 verse available
OET-LV DOM they and_livestock_their they_came_up and_tents_their wwww[fn] like_swarm of_locust[s] to_increase_in_number and_to_they and_to_camels_their there_[was]_not number and_they_came in/on_the_earth to_wasted_it.
6:5 Variant note: יבאו: (x-qere) ’וּ/בָ֤אוּ’: lemma_c/935 morph_HC/Vqq3cp id_07XWV וּ/בָ֤אוּ
UHB כִּ֡י הֵם֩ וּמִקְנֵיהֶ֨ם יַעֲל֜וּ וְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם וּבָ֤אוּ[fn] כְדֵֽי־אַרְבֶּה֙ לָרֹ֔ב וְלָהֶ֥ם וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖ם אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ בָאָ֖רֶץ לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃ ‡
(ⱪiy hēm ūmiqnēyhem yaˊₐlū vəʼāhₒlēyhem ūⱱāʼū kədēy-ʼarbeh lāroⱱ vəlāhem vəligəmallēyhem ʼēyn mişpār vayyāⱱoʼū ⱱāʼāreʦ ləshaḩₐtāh.)
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K יבאו
ULT When they and their livestock would come up, along with their tents, they would come up as an abundance of a locust swarm because of the multitude. Of them and of their camels there was no counting thus they came into the land in order to destroy it.
UST They came into Israel with their tents and their livestock like a swarm of locusts. There were so many of them that arrived riding on their camels that no one could count. They stayed so they could ruin the Israelites’ livelihoods.
BSB For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.
OEB No OEB JDG book available
WEB For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.
NET 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.
LSV for they and their livestock come up, with their tents; they come in as the fullness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their livestock there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it.
FBV They arrived in huge numbers with their livestock and tents like swarms of locusts, with so many camels they couldn't be counted. They invaded the land to completely devastate it.
T4T They came into Israel with their tents and their livestock like a swarm of locusts. There were so many of them that arrived riding on their camels that no one could count them. They stayed and ruined the Israelis’ crops.
LEB For they, their livestock, and their tents would come up like a great number of locusts; they and their camels could not be counted; they came into the land and devoured it.
BBE For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.
MOF No MOF JDG book available
JPS For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.
ASV For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.
DRA For they and all their flocks came with their tents, and like locusts filled all places, an innumerable multitude of men, and of camels, wasting whatsoever they touched.
YLT for they and their cattle come up, with their tents; they come in as the fulness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their cattle there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it.
DBY For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number; and they entered into the land to destroy it.
RV For they came up with their cattle and their tents, they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.
WBS 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.
KJB 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.
(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. )
BB For they went vp, they and their cattel, and came with their tentes as a multitude of grasshopers, so that both they and also their camels were without number: And they entred into the land to destroy it.
(For they went up, they and their cattel, and came with their tents as a multitude of grasshopers, so that both they and also their camels were without number: And they entered into the land to destroy it.)
GNV For they went vp, and their cattel, and came with their tentes as grashoppers in multitude: so that they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.
(For they went up, and their cattel, and came with their tents as grashoppers in multitude: so that they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it. )
CB For they came vp with their catell and tentes, as it had bene a greate multitude of greshoppers (so that nether they ner their camels mighte be nombred) and fell in to the londe, that they mighte destroye it.
(For they came up with their cattleand tents, as it had been a great multitude of greshoppers (so that neither they nor their camels mighte be numberd) and fell in to the land, that they mighte destroy it.)
WYC For thei and alle her flockis camen with her tabernaclis, and at the licnesse of locustus thei filliden alle thingis, and a multitude of men and of camels was with out noumbre, and wastiden what euer thing thei touchiden.
(For they and all her flocks came with her tabernacles/tents, and at the licnesse of locustus they filliden all things, and a multitude of men and of camels was with out number, and wastiden what ever thing they touchiden.)
LUT Denn sie kamen herauf mit ihrem Vieh und Hütten, wie eine große Menge Heuschrecken, daß weder sie noch ihre Kamele zu zählen waren; und fielen ins Land, daß sie es verderbeten.
(Because they/she/them came herauf with ihrem Vieh and Hütten, like one large Menge Heuschrecken, that weder they/she/them still ihre Kamele to zählen waren; and fielen into_the Land, that they/she/them it verderbeten.)
CLV Ipsi enim et universi greges eorum veniebant cum tabernaculis suis, et instar locustarum universa complebant, innumera multitudo hominum et camelorum, quidquid tetigerant devastantes.
(Ipsi because and universi greges eorum veniebant when/with tabernaculis to_his_own, and instar locustarum universa complebant, innumera multitudo hominum and camelorum, quidquid tetigerant devastantes. )
BRN For they and their stock came up, and their tents were with them, as the locust in multitude, and there was no number to them and their camels; and they came to the land of Israel, and laid it waste.
BrLXX Ὅτι αὐτοὶ καὶ αἱ κτήσεις αὐτῶν ἀνέβαινον, καὶ αἱ σκηναὶ αὐτῶν παρεγίνοντο, καθὼς ἀκρὶς εἰς πλῆθος, καὶ αὐτοῖς καὶ ταῖς καμήλοις αὐτῶν οὐκ ἦν ἀριθμός· καὶ ἤρχοντο εἰς τὴν γῆν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ διέφθειρον αὐτήν.
(Hoti autoi kai hai ktaʸseis autōn anebainon, kai hai skaʸnai autōn pareginonto, kathōs akris eis plaʸthos, kai autois kai tais kamaʸlois autōn ouk aʸn arithmos; kai aʸrⱪonto eis taʸn gaʸn Israaʸl, kai dieftheiron autaʸn. )
6:5 Camels, known in some contexts from as early as 3000 BC, are frequently associated with eastern nomads and their raids. This may be one of the first recorded instances of camels being used in a large military force.
(Occurrence 0) Whenever they and their livestock and tents came up
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when they and,livestock,their come_up and,tents,their יבאו like,swarm I_will_increase to=increase_in_number and,to,they and,to,camels,their not counted and=they_came in/on_the=earth to,wasted,it )
The land of Midian was south of the land of Israel, near the Red Sea. It was common to use the phrase “came up” when speaking of traveling from Midian to Israel. Alternate translation: “Whenever the Midianites brought their livestock and tents to the land of Israel”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
(Occurrence 0) they would come as a swarm of locusts
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when they and,livestock,their come_up and,tents,their יבאו like,swarm I_will_increase to=increase_in_number and,to,they and,to,camels,their not counted and=they_came in/on_the=earth to,wasted,it )
The Midianites are compared to a swarm of locusts because they came in with a great number of people and their livestock ate everything that grew.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
(Occurrence 0) it was impossible to count
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when they and,livestock,their come_up and,tents,their יבאו like,swarm I_will_increase to=increase_in_number and,to,they and,to,camels,their not counted and=they_came in/on_the=earth to,wasted,it )
This is an exaggeration, a hyperbole, showing the number is very great.