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Judges 4:1--5:31

4:1

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

again
<03254> (8686)

did
<06213> (8800)

evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

when Ehud
<0164>

was dead
<04191> (8804)_.

4:2

And the LORD
<03068>

sold
<04376> (8799)

them into the hand
<03027>

of Jabin
<02985>

king
<04428>

of Canaan
<03667>_,

that reigned
<04427> (8804)

in Hazor
<02674>_;

the captain
<08269>

of whose host
<06635>

[was] Sisera
<05516>_,

which dwelt
<03427> (8802)

in Harosheth
<02800>

of the Gentiles
<01471>_.

4:3

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

cried
<06817> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_:

for he had nine
<08672>

hundred
<03967>

chariots
<07393>

of iron
<01270>_;

and twenty
<06242>

years
<08141>

he mightily
<02394>

oppressed
<03905> (8804)

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_.

4:4

And Deborah
<01683>_,

a prophetess
<05031>_,

the wife
<0802>

of Lapidoth
<03941>_,

she judged
<08199> (8802)

Israel
<03478>

at that time
<06256>_.

4:5

And she dwelt
<03427> (8802)

under the palm tree
<08560>

of Deborah
<01683>

between Ramah
<07414>

and Bethel
<01008>

in mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_:

and the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

came up
<05927> (8799)

to her for judgment
<04941>_.

4:6

And she sent
<07971> (8799)

and called
<07121> (8799)

Barak
<01301>

the son
<01121>

of Abinoam
<042>

out of Kedeshnaphtali
<06943>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Hath not the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

commanded
<06680> (8765)_,

[saying], Go
<03212> (8798)

and draw
<04900> (8804)

toward mount
<02022>

Tabor
<08396>_,

and take
<03947> (8804)

with thee ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

of the children
<01121>

of Naphtali
<05321>

and of the children
<01121>

of Zebulun
<02074>_?

4:7

And I will draw
<04900> (8804)

unto thee to the river
<05158>

Kishon
<07028>

Sisera
<05516>_,

the captain
<08269>

of Jabin's
<02985>

army
<06635>_,

with his chariots
<07393>

and his multitude
<01995>_;

and I will deliver
<05414> (8804)

him into thine hand
<03027>_.

4:8

And Barak
<01301>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, If thou wilt go
<03212> (8799)

with me, then I will go
<01980> (8804)_:

but if thou wilt not go
<03212> (8799)

with me, [then] I will not go
<03212> (8799)_.

4:9

And she said
<0559> (8799)_,

I will surely
<01980> (8800)

go
<03212> (8799)

with thee: notwithstanding
<0657>

the journey
<01870>

that thou takest
<01980> (8802)

shall not be for thine honour
<08597>_;

for the LORD
<03068>

shall sell
<04376> (8799)

Sisera
<05516>

into the hand
<03027>

of a woman
<0802>_.

And Deborah
<01683>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

with Barak
<01301>

to Kedesh
<06943>_.

4:10

And Barak
<01301>

called
<02199> (8686)

Zebulun
<02074>

and Naphtali
<05321>

to Kedesh
<06943>_;

and he went up
<05927> (8799)

with ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

at his feet
<07272>_:

and Deborah
<01683>

went up
<05927> (8799)

with him.

4:11

Now Heber
<02268>

the Kenite
<07017>_,

[which was] of the children
<01121>

of Hobab
<02246>

the father in law
<02859> (8802)

of Moses
<04872>_,

had severed
<06504> (8737)

himself from the Kenites
<07017>_,

and pitched
<05186> (8799)

his tent
<0168>

unto the plain
<0436>

of Zaanaim
<06815>_,

which [is] by Kedesh
<06943>_.

4:12

And they shewed
<05046> (8686)

Sisera
<05516>

that Barak
<01301>

the son
<01121>

of Abinoam
<042>

was gone up
<05927> (8804)

to mount
<02022>

Tabor
<08396>_.

4:13

And Sisera
<05516>

gathered together
<02199> (8686)

all his chariots
<07393>_,

[even] nine
<08672>

hundred
<03967>

chariots
<07393>

of iron
<01270>_,

and all the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, from Harosheth
<02800>

of the Gentiles
<01471>

unto the river
<05158>

of Kishon
<07028>_.

{together: Heb. by cry, or, proclamation}

4:14

And Deborah
<01683>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Barak
<01301>_,

Up
<06965> (8798)_;

for this [is] the day
<03117>

in which the LORD
<03068>

hath delivered
<05414> (8804)

Sisera
<05516>

into thine hand
<03027>_:

is not the LORD
<03068>

gone out
<03318> (8804)

before
<06440>

thee? So Barak
<01301>

went down
<03381> (8799)

from mount
<02022>

Tabor
<08396>_,

and ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

after
<0310>

him.

4:15

And the LORD
<03068>

discomfited
<02000> (8799)

Sisera
<05516>_,

and all [his] chariots
<07393>_,

and all [his] host
<04264>_,

with the edge
<06310>

of the sword
<02719>

before
<06440>

Barak
<01301>_;

so that Sisera
<05516>

lighted down
<03381> (8799)

off [his] chariot
<04818>_,

and fled away
<05127> (8799)

on his feet
<07272>_.

4:16

But Barak
<01301>

pursued
<07291> (8804)

after
<0310>

the chariots
<07393>_,

and after the host
<04264>_,

unto Harosheth
<02800>

of the Gentiles
<01471>_:

and all the host
<04264>

of Sisera
<05516>

fell
<05307> (8799)

upon the edge
<06310>

of the sword
<02719>_;

[and] there was not a man
<0259>

left
<07604> (8738)_.

{a man: Heb. unto one}

4:17

Howbeit Sisera
<05516>

fled away
<05127> (8804)

on his feet
<07272>

to the tent
<0168>

of Jael
<03278>

the wife
<0802>

of Heber
<02268>

the Kenite
<07017>_:

for [there was] peace
<07965>

between Jabin
<02985>

the king
<04428>

of Hazor
<02674>

and the house
<01004>

of Heber
<02268>

the Kenite
<07017>_.

4:18

And Jael
<03278>

went out
<03318> (8799)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

Sisera
<05516>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Turn in
<05493> (8798)_,

my lord
<0113>_,

turn in
<05493> (8798)

to me; fear
<03372> (8799)

not. And when he had turned in
<05493> (8799)

unto her into the tent
<0168>_,

she covered
<03680> (8762)

him with a mantle
<08063>_.

{mantle: or, rug, or, blanket}

4:19

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little
<04592>

water
<04325>

to drink
<08248> (8685)_;

for I am thirsty
<06770> (8804)_.

And she opened
<06605> (8799)

a bottle
<04997>

of milk
<02461>_,

and gave him drink
<08248> (8686)_,

and covered
<03680> (8762)

him.

4:20

Again he said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, Stand in
<05975> (8798)

the door
<06607>

of the tent
<0168>_,

and it shall be, when any man
<0376>

doth come
<0935> (8799)

and enquire
<07592> (8804)

of thee, and say
<0559> (8804)_,

Is there
<03426> (0)

any man
<0376>

here
<03426>_?

that thou shalt say
<0559> (8804)_,

No.

4:21

Then Jael
<03278>

Heber's
<02268>

wife
<0802>

took
<03947> (8799)

a nail
<03489>

of the tent
<0168>_,

and took
<07760> (8799)

an hammer
<04718>

in her hand
<03027>_,

and went
<0935> (8799)

softly
<03814>

unto him, and smote
<08628> (8799)

the nail
<03489>

into his temples
<07541>_,

and fastened
<06795> (8799)

it into the ground
<0776>_:

for he was fast asleep
<07290> (8738)

and weary
<05774> (8799)_.

So he died
<04191> (8799)_.

{and took: Heb. and put}

4:22

And, behold, as Barak
<01301>

pursued
<07291> (8802)

Sisera
<05516>_,

Jael
<03278>

came out
<03318> (8799)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

him, and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Come
<03212> (8798)_,

and I will shew
<07200> (8686)

thee the man
<0376>

whom thou seekest
<01245> (8764)_.

And when he came
<0935> (8799)

into her [tent], behold, Sisera
<05516>

lay
<05307> (8802)

dead
<04191> (8801)_,

and the nail
<03489>

[was] in his temples
<07541>_.

4:23

So God
<0430>

subdued
<03665> (8686)

on that day
<03117>

Jabin
<02985>

the king
<04428>

of Canaan
<03667>

before
<06440>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_.

4:24

And the hand
<03027>

of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

prospered
<03212> (8799) <01980> (8800)_,

and prevailed
<07186>

against Jabin
<02985>

the king
<04428>

of Canaan
<03667>_,

until they had destroyed
<03772> (8689)

Jabin
<02985>

king
<04428>

of Canaan
<03667>_.

{prospered...: Heb. going went and was hard}

5:1

Then sang
<07891> (8799)

Deborah
<01683>

and Barak
<01301>

the son
<01121>

of Abinoam
<042>

on that day
<03117>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

5:2

Praise
<01288> (8761)

ye the LORD
<03068>

for the avenging
<06544> (8800) <06546>

of Israel
<03478>_,

when the people
<05971>

willingly offered
<05068> (8692)

themselves.

5:3

Hear
<08085> (8798)_,

O ye kings
<04428>_;

give ear
<0238> (8685)_,

O ye princes
<07336> (8802)_;

I, [even] I, will sing
<07891> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_;

I will sing
<02167> (8762)

[praise] to the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_.

5:4

LORD
<03068>_,

when thou wentest out
<03318> (8800)

of Seir
<08165>_,

when thou marchedst out
<06805> (8800)

of the field
<07704>

of Edom
<0123>_,

the earth
<0776>

trembled
<07493> (8804)_,

and the heavens
<08064>

dropped
<05197> (8804)_,

the clouds
<05645>

also dropped
<05197> (8804)

water
<04325>_.

5:5

The mountains
<02022>

melted
<05140> (8804)

from before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

[even] that Sinai
<05514>

from before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_.

{melted: Heb. flowed}

5:6

In the days
<03117>

of Shamgar
<08044>

the son
<01121>

of Anath
<06067>_,

in the days
<03117>

of Jael
<03278>_,

the highways
<0734>

were unoccupied
<02308> (8804)_,

and the travellers
<01980> (8802)

walked
<03212> (8799)

through byways
<06128> <05410>_.

{travellers: Heb. walkers of paths} {byways: Heb. crooked ways}

5:7

[The inhabitants of] the villages
<06520>

ceased
<02308> (8804)_,

they ceased
<02308> (8804)

in Israel
<03478>_,

until that I Deborah
<01683>

arose
<06965> (8804)_,

that I arose
<06965> (8804)

a mother
<0517>

in Israel
<03478>_.

5:8

They chose
<0977> (8799)

new
<02319>

gods
<0430>_;

then [was] war
<03901>

in the gates
<08179>_:

was there a shield
<04043>

or spear
<07420>

seen
<07200> (8735)

among forty
<0705>

thousand
<0505>

in Israel
<03478>_?

5:9

My heart
<03820>

[is] toward the governors
<02710> (8802)

of Israel
<03478>_,

that offered themselves willingly
<05068> (8693)

among the people
<05971>_.

Bless
<01288> (8761)

ye the LORD
<03068>_.

5:10

Speak
<07878> (8798)_,

ye that ride
<07392> (8802)

on white
<06715>

asses
<0860>_,

ye that sit
<03427> (8802)

in judgment
<04055>_,

and walk
<01980> (8802)

by the way
<01870>_.

{Speak: or, Meditate}

5:11

[They that are delivered] from the noise
<06963>

of archers
<02686> (8764)

in the places of drawing water
<04857>_,

there shall they rehearse
<08567> (8762)

the righteous acts
<06666>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

[even] the righteous acts
<06666>

[toward the inhabitants] of his villages
<06520>

in Israel
<03478>_:

then shall the people
<05971>

of the LORD
<03068>

go down
<03381> (8804)

to the gates
<08179>_.

{righteous...: Heb. righteousnesses}

5:12

Awake
<05782> (8798)_,

awake
<05782> (8798)_,

Deborah
<01683>_:

awake
<05782> (8798)_,

utter
<01696> (8761)

a song
<07892>_:

arise
<06965> (8798)_,

Barak
<01301>_,

and lead thy captivity
<07628>

captive
<07617> (8798)_,

thou son
<01121>

of Abinoam
<042>_.

5:13

Then he made him that remaineth
<08300>

have dominion
<07287> (8762)

over the nobles
<0117>

among the people
<05971>_:

the LORD
<03068>

made me have dominion
<07287> (8762)

over the mighty
<01368>_.

5:14

Out of Ephraim
<0669>

[was there] a root
<08328>

of them against Amalek
<06002>_;

after
<0310>

thee, Benjamin
<01144>_,

among thy people
<05971>_;

out of Machir
<04353>

came down
<03381> (8804)

governors
<02710> (8781)_,

and out of Zebulun
<02074>

they that handle
<04900> (8802)

the pen
<07626>

of the writer
<05608> (8802)_.

{handle: Heb. draw with}

5:15

And the princes
<08269>

of Issachar
<03485>

[were] with Deborah
<01683>_;

even Issachar
<03485>_,

and also Barak
<01301>_:

he was sent
<07971> (8795)

on foot
<07272>

into the valley
<06010>_.

For the divisions
<06390>

of Reuben
<07205>

[there were] great
<01419>

thoughts
<02711>

of heart
<03820>_.

{foot: Heb. his feet} {thoughts: Heb. impressions} {For: or, In}

5:16

Why abodest
<03427> (8804)

thou among
<0996>

the sheepfolds
<04942>_,

to hear
<08085> (8800)

the bleatings
<08292>

of the flocks
<05739>_?

For the divisions
<06390>

of Reuben
<07205>

[there were] great
<01419>

searchings
<02714>

of heart
<03820>_.

{For: or, In}

5:17

Gilead
<01568>

abode
<07931> (8804)

beyond
<05676>

Jordan
<03383>_:

and why did Dan
<01835>

remain
<01481> (8799)

in ships
<0591>_?

Asher
<0836>

continued
<03427> (8804)

on the sea
<03220>

shore
<02348>_,

and abode
<07931> (8799)

in his breaches
<04664>_.

{shore: or, port} {breaches: or, creeks}

5:18

Zebulun
<02074>

and Naphtali
<05321>

[were] a people
<05971>

[that] jeoparded
<02778> (8765)

their lives
<05315>

unto the death
<04191> (8800)

in the high places
<04791>

of the field
<07704>_.

{jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach}

5:19

The kings
<04428>

came
<0935> (8804)

[and] fought
<03898> (8738)_,

then fought
<03898> (8738)

the kings
<04428>

of Canaan
<03667>

in Taanach
<08590>

by the waters
<04325>

of Megiddo
<04023>_;

they took
<03947> (8804)

no gain
<01215>

of money
<03701>_.

5:20

They fought
<03898> (8738)

from heaven
<08064>_;

the stars
<03556>

in their courses
<04546>

fought
<03898> (8738)

against Sisera
<05516>_.

{courses: Heb. paths}

5:21

The river
<05158>

of Kishon
<07028>

swept them away
<01640> (8804)_,

that ancient
<06917>

river
<05158>_,

the river
<05158>

Kishon
<07028>_.

O my soul
<05315>_,

thou hast trodden down
<01869> (8799)

strength
<05797>_.

5:22

Then were the horsehoofs
<06119> <05483>

broken
<01986> (8804)

by the means of the pransings
<01726>_,

the pransings
<01726>

of their mighty ones
<047>_.

{pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings}

5:23

Curse
<0779> (8798)

ye Meroz
<04789>_,

said
<0559> (8804)

the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

curse
<0779> (8798)

ye bitterly
<0779> (8800)

the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

thereof; because they came
<0935> (8804)

not to the help
<05833>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to the help
<05833>

of the LORD
<03068>

against the mighty
<01368>_.

5:24

Blessed
<01288> (8792)

above women
<0802>

shall Jael
<03278>

the wife
<0802>

of Heber
<02268>

the Kenite
<07017>

be, blessed
<01288> (8792)

shall she be above women
<0802>

in the tent
<0168>_.

5:25

He asked
<07592> (8804)

water
<04325>_,

[and] she gave
<05414> (8804)

[him] milk
<02461>_;

she brought forth
<07126> (8689)

butter
<02529>

in a lordly
<0117>

dish
<05602>_.

5:26

She put
<07971> (8799)

her hand
<03027>

to the nail
<03489>_,

and her right hand
<03225>

to the workmen's
<06001>

hammer
<01989>_;

and with the hammer she smote
<01986> (8804)

Sisera
<05516>_,

she smote off
<04277> (8804)

his head
<07218>_,

when she had pierced
<04272> (8804)

and stricken through
<02498> (8804)

his temples
<07541>_.

{with...: Heb. she hammered}

5:27

At her feet
<07272>

he bowed
<03766> (8804)_,

he fell
<05307> (8804)_,

he lay down
<07901> (8804)_:

at her feet
<07272>

he bowed
<03766> (8804)_,

he fell
<05307> (8804)_:

where
<0834>

he bowed
<03766> (8804)_,

there he fell down
<05307> (8804)

dead
<07703> (8803)_.

{At: Heb. Between} {dead: Heb. destroyed}

5:28

The mother
<0517>

of Sisera
<05516>

looked
<08259> (8738)

out at a window
<02474>_,

and cried
<02980> (8762)

through the lattice
<0822>_,

Why is his chariot
<07393>

[so] long
<0954> (8765)

in coming
<0935> (8800)_?

why tarry
<0309> (8765)

the wheels
<06471>

of his chariots
<04818>_?

5:29

Her wise
<02450>

ladies
<08282>

answered
<06030> (8799)

her, yea, she returned
<07725> (8686)

answer
<0561>

to herself, {answer: Heb. her words}

5:30

Have they not sped
<04672> (8799)_?

have they [not] divided
<02505> (8762)

the prey
<07998>_;

to every
<07218>

man
<01397>

a damsel
<07356>

[or] two
<07361>_;

to Sisera
<05516>

a prey
<07998>

of divers colours
<06648>_,

a prey
<07998>

of divers colours
<06648>

of needlework
<07553>_,

of divers colours
<06648>

of needlework on both sides
<07553>_,

[meet] for the necks
<06677>

of [them that take] the spoil
<07998>_?

{every...: Heb. the head of a man}

5:31

So let all thine enemies
<0341> (8802)

perish
<06> (8799)_,

O LORD
<03068>_:

but [let] them that love
<0157> (8802)

him [be] as the sun
<08121>

when he goeth forth
<03318> (8800)

in his might
<01369>_.

And the land
<0776>

had rest
<08252> (8799)

forty
<0705>

years
<08141>_.