Because the power of midian was so oppressive , the israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts , caves and strongholds .
米甸人压制以色列人、以色列人因为米甸人、就在山中挖穴、挖洞、建造营寨。
And the woman of midian who was put to death was cozbi , the daughter of zur ; he was the head of a family in midian .
那被杀的米甸女人,名叫哥斯比,是苏珥的女儿。这苏珥是米甸一个宗族的首领。
And the men of israel came together from naphtali and from asher and all manasseh , and went after midian .
以色列人就从拿弗他利,亚设,和玛拿西全地聚集来追赶米甸人。
Thus midian was subdued before the israelites and did not raise its head again .
这样、米甸人被以色列人制伏了、不敢再抬头。
And the children of israel did evil in the eyes of the lord ; and the lord gave them up into the hand of midian for seven years .
以色列人又行耶和华眼中看为恶的事,耶和华就把他们交在米甸人手里七年。
And moses fled at this word and became a sojourner in the land of midian , where he begot two sons .
摩西因这话就逃走了,在米甸地寄居,在那里生了两个儿子。
9 And moses fled at this word and became a sojourner in the land of midian , where he begot two sons .
9摩西因这话就逃走了,在米甸地寄居,在那里生了两个儿子。
And the lord said to moses in midian , go back to egypt , for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life .
耶和华在米甸对摩西说,你要回埃及去,因为寻索你命的人都死了。
And some traders from midian went by ; so pulling joseph up out of the hole , they gave him to the ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver , and they took him to egypt .
And jehovah said to gideon , the people with you are too many for me to deliver midian into their hand ; israel might vaunt himself against me , saying , my own hand has saved me .