Judges 4:14

4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, ¹  for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! ²  Has the Lord not taken the lead?” ³  Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Judges 4:8

4:8 Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go. But if you do not go with me, I will not go.”

Judges 4:10

4:10 Barak summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; ⁴  Deborah went up with him as well.

Judges 5:12

5:12 Wake up, wake up, Deborah!

Wake up, wake up, sing a song!

Get up, Barak!

Capture your prisoners of war, ⁵  son of Abinoam!

Judges 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ⁶  supported ⁷  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ⁸ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁹  heart searching. ¹⁰ 

[4:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Arise!”

[4:14]  ² 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.”

[4:14]  ³ tn Heb “Has the Lord not gone out before you?”

[4:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “went up at his feet.”

[5:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “take captive your captives.” (The Hebrew text uses a cognate accusative here.)

[5:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:15]  ¹¹ tn Or “was true to.”

[5:15]  ¹² tn Heb “at his feet.”

[5:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “great was.”

[5:15]  ¹⁴ 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.