Judges 7:12
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But Madian and Amalec, and all the eastern people, lay scattered in the valley, as a multitude of locusts: their camels also were innumerable, as the sand that lieth on the sea shore.

the Midianites

Judges 6:3,5,33 And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations, came up: . . .

1 Kings 4:30 And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the Orientals, and of the Egyptians;

grasshoppers

Judges 8:10 But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword were slain.

2 Chronicles 14:9-12 And Zara the Ethiopian came out against them with his army of ten hundred thousand men, and with three hundred chariots: and he came as far as Maresa. . . .

Psalm 3:1 The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom. [2] Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.

Psalm 33:16 The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant be saved by his own great strength.

Psalm 118:10-12 All nations compassed me about; and, in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them. . . .

Isaiah 8:9,10 Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and be overcome, and give ear, all ye lands afar off: strengthen yourselves, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome. . . .

Context
Gideon's Dream
11And when thou shalt hear what they are saying, then shall thy hands be strengthened, and thou shalt go down more secure to the enemies' camp. And he went down with Phara his servant, into part of the camp, where was the watch of men in arms. 12But Madian and Amalec, and all the eastern people, lay scattered in the valley, as a multitude of locusts: their camels also were innumerable, as the sand that lieth on the sea shore.13And when Gedeon was come, one told his neighbour a dream: and in this manner related what he had seen: I dreamt a dream, and it seemed to me as if a hearth cake of barley bread rolled and came down into the camp of Madian: and when it was come to a tent, it struck it, and beat it down flat to the ground.…
Cross References
Joshua 11:4
And they all came out with their troops, a people exceeding numerous as the sand that is on the sea shore, their horses also and chariots a very great multitude,

Judges 6:5
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.

Judges 7:13
And when Gedeon was come, one told his neighbour a dream: and in this manner related what he had seen: I dreamt a dream, and it seemed to me as if a hearth cake of barley bread rolled and came down into the camp of Madian: and when it was come to a tent, it struck it, and beat it down flat to the ground.

Judges 8:10
But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword were slain.

1 Samuel 30:17
And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled.

Jeremiah 46:23
They have cut down her forest, saith the Lord, which cannot be counted: they are multiplied above locusts, and are without number.

Lexicon
Now the Midianites,
וּמִדְיָ֨ן (ū·miḏ·yān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4080: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled

Amalekites,
וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק (wa·‘ă·mā·lêq)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6002: Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity

and all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the other people
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of the East
קֶ֙דֶם֙ (qe·ḏem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6924: The front, of place, time

had settled
נֹפְלִ֣ים (nō·p̄ə·lîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

in the valley
בָּעֵ֔מֶק (bā·‘ê·meq)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6010: A vale

like a swarm of
לָרֹ֑ב (lā·rōḇ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

locusts,
כָּאַרְבֶּ֖ה (kā·’ar·beh)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 697: (a kind of) locust

and their camels
וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙ (wə·liḡ·mal·lê·hem)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1581: A camel

were as innumerable
אֵ֣ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

as the sand
כַּח֛וֹל (ka·ḥō·wl)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2344: Sand

on
שֶׁעַל־ (še·‘al-)
Pronoun - relative | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the seashore.
שְׂפַ֥ת (śə·p̄aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin


Additional Translations
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 innumerable as the sand on the seashore.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.

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.

And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the east were scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude.

And Midian and Amalek and all the children of the east lay along in the valley as locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand upon the sea-shore for multitude.

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.

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.

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.

and Midian and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which is on the sea-shore for multitude.
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