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Judges 5 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Song of Deborah
The Song of Deborah and Barak

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:1 - Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:2 - “When leaders lead in Israel,
When the people willingly offer themselves,
Bless the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:3 - “Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes!
I, even I, will sing to the LORD;
I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - “LORD, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth trembled and the heavens poured,
The clouds also poured water;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:5 - The mountains gushed before the LORD,
This Sinai, before the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,
In the days of Jael,
The highways were deserted,
And the travelers walked along the byways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 - Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel,
Until I, Deborah, arose,
Arose a mother in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 - They chose new gods;
Then there was war in the gates;
Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9 - My heart is with the rulers of Israel
Who offered themselves willingly with the people.
Bless the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:10 - “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys,
Who sit in judges’ attire,
And who walk along the road.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:11 - Far from the noise of the archers, among the watering places,
There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD,
The righteous acts for His villagers in Israel;
Then the people of the LORD shall go down to the gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:12 - “Awake, awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, sing a song!
Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away,
O son of Abinoam!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - “Then the survivors came down, the people against the nobles;
The LORD came down for me against the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - From Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek.
After you, Benjamin, with your peoples,
From Machir rulers came down,
And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter’s staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:15 - And the princes of Issachar[fn] were with Deborah;
As Issachar, so was Barak
Sent into the valley under his command;[fn]
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great resolves of heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:16 - Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the pipings for the flocks?
The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:17 - Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan,
And why did Dan remain on ships?[fn]
Asher continued at the seashore,
And stayed by his inlets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:18 - Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death,
Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - “The kings came and fought,
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no spoils of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - They fought from the heavens;
The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:21 - The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.
O my soul, march on in strength!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22 - Then the horses’ hooves pounded,
The galloping, galloping of his steeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel[fn] of the LORD,
‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
Because they did not come to the help of the LORD,
To the help of the LORD against the mighty.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:24 - “Most blessed among women is Jael,
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
Blessed is she among women in tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - He asked for water, she gave milk;
She brought out cream in a lordly bowl.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She stretched her hand to the tent peg,
Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;
She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,
She split and struck through his temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:27 - At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still;
At her feet he sank, he fell;
Where he sank, there he fell dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - “The mother of Sisera looked through the window,
And cried out through the lattice,
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:29 - Her wisest ladies answered her,
Yes, she answered herself,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 - ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil:
To every man a girl or two;
For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments,
Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed,
Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31 - “Thus let all Your enemies perish, O LORD!
But let those who love Him be like the sun
When it comes out in full strength.”
So the land had rest for forty years.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Following Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads And my princes in Issachar.
Literally at his feet
Or at ease
Or Angel
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