Judges 6:4-6

New King James Version

⁴Then they would encamp against them and ^(A)destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep nor ox nor ^(B)donkey. ⁵For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, coming in as numerous as locusts; both they and their camels were ^[a]without number; and they would enter the land to destroy it. ⁶So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel ^(C)cried out to the Lord.

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Judges 6:4-6

English Standard Version

⁴They would encamp against them ^(A)and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey. ⁵For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come ^(B)like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in. ⁶And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel ^(C)cried out for help to the Lord.

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Judges 6:4-6

New International Version

⁴They camped on the land and ruined the crops^(A) all the way to Gaza^(B) and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. ⁵They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts.^(C) It was impossible to count them or their camels;^(D) they invaded the land to ravage it. ⁶Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out^(E) to the Lord for help.