Judges 5 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

The Song of Deborah and Barak

Jdg 5:1Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,

Jdg 5:2“That [fn]the leaders led in Israel,
That the people volunteered,
Bless the LORD!

Jdg 5:3“Hear, O kings; give ear, O rulers!
I—to the LORD, I will sing,
I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Jdg 5:4

Jdg 5:4“LORD, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Even the clouds dripped water.

Jdg 5:5

Jdg 5:5“The mountains [fn]quaked at the presence of the LORD,
This Sinai, at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Jdg 5:6

Jdg 5:6“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,
In the days of Jael, the highways [fn]were deserted,
And travelers [fn]went by [fn]roundabout ways.

Jdg 5:7

Jdg 5:7“The peasantry ceased, they ceased in Israel,
Until I, Deborah, arose,
Until I arose, a mother in Israel.

Jdg 5:8

Jdg 5:8“New gods were chosen;
Then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or a spear was seen
Among forty thousand in Israel.

Jdg 5:9

Jdg 5:9“My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel,
The volunteers among the people;
Bless the LORD!

Jdg 5:10

Jdg 5:10“You who ride on [fn]white donkeys,
You who sit on rich carpets,
And you who travel on the road—[fn]sing!

Jdg 5:11

Jdg 5:11“At the sound of those who divide flocks among the watering places,
There they shall recount the righteous deeds of the LORD,
The righteous deeds for His [fn]peasantry in Israel.
Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates.

Jdg 5:12

Jdg 5:12“Awake, awake, Deborah;
Awake, awake, [fn]sing a song!
Arise, Barak, and take away your captives, O son of Abinoam.

Jdg 5:13

Jdg 5:13“Then survivors came down to the nobles;
The people of the LORD came down to me as warriors.

Jdg 5:14

Jdg 5:14“From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down,
Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples;
From Machir commanders came down,
And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of [fn]office.

Jdg 5:15

Jdg 5:15“And the [fn]princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
As was Issachar, so was Barak;
Into the valley they rushed at his [fn]heels;
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great resolves of heart.

Jdg 5:16

Jdg 5:16“Why did you sit among the [fn]sheepfolds,
To hear the piping for the flocks?
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great searchings of heart.

Jdg 5:17

Jdg 5:17“Gilead [fn]remained across the Jordan;
And why did Dan stay in ships?
Asher sat at the seashore,
And [fn]remained by its landings.

Jdg 5:18

Jdg 5:18“Zebulun was a people who despised their lives even to death,
And Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

Jdg 5:19

Jdg 5:19“The kings came and fought;
Then fought the kings of Canaan
At Taanach near the waters of Megiddo;
They took no plunder in silver.

Jdg 5:20

Jdg 5:20“The stars fought from heaven,
From their courses they fought against Sisera.

Jdg 5:21

Jdg 5:21“The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
O my soul, march on with strength.

Jdg 5:22

Jdg 5:22“Then the horses’ hoofs beat
From the dashing, the dashing of his [fn]valiant steeds.

Jdg 5:23

Jdg 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the LORD,
‘Utterly curse its inhabitants;
Because they did not come to the help of the LORD,
To the help of the LORD against the warriors.’

Jdg 5:24

Jdg 5:24“Most blessed of women is Jael,
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
Most blessed is she of women in the tent.

Jdg 5:25

Jdg 5:25“He asked for water and she gave him milk;
In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

Jdg 5:26

Jdg 5:26“She reached out her hand for the tent peg,
And her right hand for the workmen’s hammer.
Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head;
And she shattered and pierced his temple.

Jdg 5:27

Jdg 5:27“Between her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay;
Between her feet he bowed, he fell;
Where he bowed, there he fell [fn]dead.

Jdg 5:28

Jdg 5:28“Out of the window she looked and lamented,
The mother of Sisera through the [fn]lattice,
‘Why does his chariot delay in coming?
Why do the [fn]hoofbeats of his chariots tarry?’

Jdg 5:29

Jdg 5:29“Her wise princesses would answer her,
Indeed she repeats her words to herself,

Jdg 5:30

Jdg 5:30‘Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil?
A maiden, two maidens for every warrior;
To Sisera a spoil of dyed work,
A spoil of dyed work embroidered,
Dyed work of double embroidery on the [fn]neck of the spoiler?’

Jdg 5:31

Jdg 5:31“Thus let all Your enemies perish, O LORD;
But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.”
And the land was undisturbed for forty years.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(5:2)

Or, locks hung loose in

(5:5)

Literally: flowed

(5:6)

Literally: had ceased

Literally: walked

Literally: twisted

Or, tawny

Or, declare it

Or, rural dwellers

Or, utter

Literally: the scribe

(5:15)

So with ancient versions; Heb My princes

Literally: feet

Or, saddlebags

Or, dwelt

Literally: mighty ones

(5:27)

Literally: devastated

(5:28)

Or, window

(5:28)

Literally: steps

(5:30)

Literally: necks of the spoil

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The Song of Deborah and Barak

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