Judges 6:5 (YLT)

Passage

for they and their cattle come up, with their tents; they come in as the fulness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their cattle there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:3 And it hath been, if Israel hath sowed, that Midian hath come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, yea, they have come up against him,

Judges 6:4 and encamp against them, and destroy the increase of the land till thine entering Gaza; and they leave no sustenance in Israel, either sheep, or ox, or ass;

Judges 6:5 for they and their cattle come up, with their tents; they come in as the fulness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their cattle there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it.

Judges 6:6 And Israel is very weak from the presence of Midian, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah.

Judges 6:7 And it cometh to pass when the sons of Israel have cried unto Jehovah, concerning Midian,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cattle", "come", "tents", "fulness", "locust", and "multitude". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cattle" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "and encamp against them and destroy the..." into verse 6's "And Israel is very weak from the...", so "cattle" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "cattle" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.