Judges 4:5

4:5 She would sit ¹  under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel ²  in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled. ³ 

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 

Judges 4:9

4:9 She said, “I will indeed go with you. But you will not gain fame ¹¹  on the expedition you are undertaking, ¹²  for the Lord will turn Sisera over to a woman.” ¹³  Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

Judges 4:14

4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, ¹⁴  for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! ¹⁵  Has the Lord not taken the lead?” ¹⁶  Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

[4:5]  ¹ tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”

[4:5]  ² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[4:5]  ³ tn Heb “for judgment.”

[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.

[4:9]  ¹³ tn Or “honor.”

[4:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “on [account of (?)] the way which you are walking.” Another option is to translate, “due to the way you are going about this.” In this case direct reference is made to Barak’s hesitancy as the reason for his loss of glory.

[4:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “for into the hands of a woman the Lord will sell Sisera.”

[4:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Arise!”

[4:14]  ¹⁷ 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]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Has the Lord not gone out before you?”