Judges 3:6

6 They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Judges 3:6 in Other Translations

KJV
6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
ESV
6 And their daughters they took to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods.
NLT
6 and they intermarried with them. Israelite sons married their daughters, and Israelite daughters were given in marriage to their sons. And the Israelites served their gods.
MSG
6 They married their daughters and gave their own daughters to their sons in marriage. And they worshiped their gods.
CSB
6 The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.

Judges 3:6 In-Context

4 They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses.
5 The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
6 They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
7 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
8 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim, to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Ezra 10:18; Nehemiah 13:23; Malachi 2:11
  • 2. S Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3-4
  • 3. S Deuteronomy 7:16
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