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Judges 5:6-11
New International Version
Judges 5:6-11
New International Version
6 “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,(A)
in the days of Jael,(B) the highways(C) were abandoned;
travelers took to winding paths.(D)
7 Villagers in Israel would not fight;
they held back until I, Deborah,(E) arose,
until I arose, a mother in Israel.
8 God chose new leaders(F)
when war came to the city gates,(G)
but not a shield or spear(H) was seen
among forty thousand in Israel.
9 My heart is with Israel’s princes,
with the willing volunteers(I) among the people.
Praise the Lord!
10 “You who ride on white donkeys,(J)
sitting on your saddle blankets,
and you who walk along the road,
consider 11 the voice of the singers[a] at the watering places.
They recite the victories(K) of the Lord,
the victories of his villagers in Israel.
“Then the people of the Lord
went down to the city gates.(L)
Footnotes
- Judges 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Judges 5:6-11
King James Version
Judges 5:6-11
King James Version
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.
10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
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