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Judges 5	Judges 5
Judges 5:1 At that time Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, made this song, saying:	Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Judges 5:2 Because of the flowing hair of the fighters in Israel, because the people gave themselves freely, give praise to the Lord.	Judges 5:2 For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless ye Jehovah.
Judges 5:3 Give attention, O kings; give ear, O rulers; I, even I, will make a song to the Lord; I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.	Judges 5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, [even] I, will sing unto Jehovah; I will sing praise to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Judges 5:4 Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.	Judges 5:4 Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
Judges 5:5 The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.	Judges 5:5 The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Judges 5:6 In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were not used, and travellers went by side roads.	Judges 5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.
Judges 5:7 Country towns were no more in Israel, *** were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel.	Judges 5:7 The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
Judges 5:8 They had no one to make arms, there were no more armed men in the towns; was there a body-cover or a spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?	Judges 5:8 They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
Judges 5:9 Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.	Judges 5:9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye Jehovah.
Judges 5:10 Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.	Judges 5:10 Tell [of it], ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.
Judges 5:11 Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upright acts of the Lord, all the upright acts of his arm in Israel.	Judges 5:11 Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.
Judges 5:12 Awake! awake! Deborah: awake! awake! give a song: Up! Barak, and take prisoner those who took you prisoner, O son of Abinoam.	Judges 5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.
Judges 5:13 Then the chiefs went down to the doors; the Lord's people went down among the strong ones.	Judges 5:13 Then came down a remnant of the nobles [and] the people; Jehovah came down for me against the mighty.
Judges 5:14 Out of Ephraim they came down into the valley; after you, Benjamin, among your tribesmen; from Machir came down the captains, and from Zebulun those in whose hand is the ruler's rod.	Judges 5:14 Out of Ephraim [came down] they whose root is in Amalek; After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples; Out of Machir came down governors, And out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal's staff.
Judges 5:15 Your chiefs, Issachar, were with Deborah; and Naphtali was true to Barak; into the valley they went rushing out at his feet. In Reuben there were divisions, and great searchings of heart.	Judges 5:15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of heart.
Judges 5:16 Why did you keep quiet among the sheep, hearing nothing but the watchers piping to the flocks?	Judges 5:16 Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
Judges 5:17 Gilead was living over Jordan; and Dan was waiting in his ships; Asher kept in his place by the sea's edge, living by his inlets.	Judges 5:17 Gilead abode beyond the Jordan: And Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, And abode by his creeks.
Judges 5:18 It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.	Judges 5:18 Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.
Judges 5:19 The kings came on to the fight, the kings of Canaan were warring; in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they took no profit in money.	Judges 5:19 The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
Judges 5:20 The stars from heaven were fighting; from their highways they were fighting against Sisera.	Judges 5:20 From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera.
Judges 5:21 The river Kishon took them violently away, stopping their flight, the river Kishon. Give praise, O my soul, to the strength of the Lord!	Judges 5:21 The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.
Judges 5:22 Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.	Judges 5:22 Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
Judges 5:23 A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the strong ones.	Judges 5:23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.
Judges 5:24 Blessings be on Jael, more than on all women! Blessings greater than on any in the tents!	Judges 5:24 Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Judges 5:25 His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.	Judges 5:25 He asked water, [and] she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
Judges 5:26 She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and she gave Sisera a blow, crushing his head, wounding and driving through his brow.	Judges 5:26 She put her hand to the tent-pin, And her right hand to the workmen's hammer; And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head; Yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.
Judges 5:27 Bent at her feet he went down, he was stretched out; bent at her feet he went down; where he was bent down, there he went down in death.	Judges 5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Judges 5:28 Looking out from the window she gave a cry, the mother of Sisera was crying out through the window, Why is his carriage so long in coming? When will the noise of his wheels be sounding?	Judges 5:28 Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera [cried] through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Judges 5:29 Her wise women gave answer to her, yes, she made answer again to herself,	Judges 5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, Yea, she returned answer to herself,
Judges 5:30 Are they not getting, are they not parting the goods among them: a young girl or two to every man; and to Sisera robes of coloured needlework, worked in fair colours on this side and on that, for the neck of the queen?	Judges 5:30 Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?
Judges 5:31 So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.	Judges 5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.