Judges 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ¹  supported ²  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ³ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁴  heart searching. ⁵ 

Judges 4:14

4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, ⁶  for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! ⁷  Has the Lord not taken the lead?” ⁸  Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

¹ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Or “was true to.”

³ tn Heb “at his feet.”

⁴ tn Heb “great was.”

⁵ tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

⁶ tn Heb “Arise!”

⁷ tn The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the Lord speaks of it as a “done deal.”

⁸ tn Heb “Has the Lord not gone out before you?”