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

6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

6 And their daughters they took to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods.

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.

6 They married their daughters and gave their own daughters to their sons in marriage. And they worshiped their gods.

6 and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.

6 The Israelites allowed their sons and daughters to marry these people. Israel also served their gods.

6 The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.

6 They got married to the daughters of those people. They gave their own daughters to the sons of those people. And they served the gods of those people.

Judges 3:6 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 3:6

And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave
their daughters to their sons
The Israelites intermarried with the inhabitants of the land, contrary to the express command of God, ( Deuteronomy 7:3 ) ; whereby they confounded their families, debased their blood, and were ensnared into idolatry, as follows: perhaps to these unlawful marriages, in their first settlement in the land of Canaan, reference is had in ( Ezekiel 16:3 ) , "thy father [was] an Amorite and thy mother an Hittite"; an Amorite marrying a daughter of Israel, and an Israelitish man an Hittite woman:

and served their gods;
this was the natural consequence of their intermarriages, which the Lord foresaw, and therefore cautioned them against them, ( Exodus 34:15 Exodus 34:16 ) ( Deuteronomy 7:3 Deuteronomy 7:4 ) .

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

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