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Read Judges 5

World English Bible · 31 verses

¹ Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² “Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ “Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, even I, will sing to Yahweh. I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ “Yahweh, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ The mountains quaked at Yahweh’s presence, even Sinai at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse Yahweh’s righteous acts, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. “Then Yahweh’s people went down to the gates.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² ‘Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ “Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down. Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ Why did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben, there were great searchings of heart.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ “The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ ‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ “Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁶ She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁷ At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁸ “Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁹ Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁰ ‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³¹ “So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org