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they held back until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />There were few people left in the villages of Israel— until Deborah arose as a mother for Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The villagers ceased in Israel; they ceased to be until I arose; I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>The inhabitants of</i> the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Arose a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The peasantry came to an end, they came to an end in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The peasantry ceased, they ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The peasantry ceased, they ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The peasantry ceased; they ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The villagers ceased <i>to be;</i> they ceased in Israel Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Villages were deserted, they were deserted in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Villages were deserted, they were deserted in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and villagers couldn't work in their fields. Then Deborah took command, protecting Israel as a mother protects her children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Villages in Israel were deserted- deserted until I, Deborah, took a stand- took a stand as a mother of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The towns of Israel stood abandoned, Deborah; they stood empty until you came, came like a mother for Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Rural populations plummeted in Israel; until I, Deborah, arose; until I—an Israeli mother—arose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Villages ceased in Israel—they ceased, "" Until I arose—Deborah, "" That I arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Villages ceased in Israel -- they ceased, Till that I arose -- Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The rulers ceased in Israel: they ceased Till I, Deborah, arose: I arose a mother in Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel: until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The strong men ceased, and they rested in Israel, until Deborah rose up, until a mother rose up in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Gone was freedom beyond the walls, gone indeed from Israel. When I, Deborah, arose, when I arose, a mother in Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The peasantry prospered in Israel, they grew fat on plunder, because you arose, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The little villages ceased in Israel; they ceased, until I Deborah arose, I arose as a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They cut off the open spaces of Israel, they cut off until I arose; I Debora stood a mother in Israel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that thou didst arise, Deborah, That thou didst arise a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The mighty men in Israel failed, they failed until Debbora arose, until she arose a mother in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/5-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=1231" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/5.htm">The Song of Deborah and Barak</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6520.htm" title="6520: p̄ə·rā·zō·wn (N-ms) -- Perhaps rural population. From the same as paraz; magistracy, i.e. Leadership.">Life in the villages</a> <a href="/hebrew/2308.htm" title="2308: ḥā·ḏə·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To cease. A primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. desist; be lacking or idle.">ceased;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2308.htm" title="2308: ḥā·ḏêl·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To cease. A primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. desist; be lacking or idle.">it ended</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: bə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">in Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/1683.htm" title="1683: də·ḇō·w·rāh (N-proper-fs) -- Two Isr. women. Or Dborah; the same as dbowrah; Deborah, the name of two Hebrewesses.">I, Deborah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: šaq·qam·tî (Pro-r:: V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: šaq·qam·tî (Pro-r:: V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">arose,</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’êm (N-fs) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">a mother</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: bə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">in Israel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-12.htm">Isaiah 3:12</a></span><br />Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-9.htm">Isaiah 32:9-11</a></span><br />Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. / In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive. / Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-8.htm">Proverbs 31:8-9</a></span><br />Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. / Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-1.htm">1 Samuel 2:1-10</a></span><br />At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation. / There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God. / Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-1.htm">2 Samuel 22:1-51</a></span><br />And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. / He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. / My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-4.htm">Micah 6:4</a></span><br />For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20-21</a></span><br />Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. / And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/22-14.htm">2 Kings 22:14-20</a></span><br />So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District. / And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you / that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm">Nehemiah 9:27</a></span><br />So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/68-11.htm">Psalm 68:11</a></span><br />The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-46.htm">Luke 1:46-55</a></span><br />Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, / and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior! / For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-36.htm">Luke 2:36-38</a></span><br />There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years, / and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. / Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-17.htm">Acts 2:17-18</a></span><br />‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. / Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/16-1.htm">Romans 16:1-2</a></span><br />I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea. / Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-5.htm">1 Corinthians 11:5</a></span><br />And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.</p><p class="hdg">the villages</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/9-19.htm">Esther 9:19</a></b></br> Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar <i>a day of</i> gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.</p><p class="hdg">a mother</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/4-4.htm">Judges 4:4-6</a></b></br> And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/20-19.htm">2 Samuel 20:19</a></b></br> I <i>am one of them that are</i> peaceable <i>and</i> faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-23.htm">Isaiah 49:23</a></b></br> And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with <i>their</i> face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I <i>am</i> the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/4-14.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/judges/5-6.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/judges/4-5.htm">Country</a> <a href="/judges/5-1.htm">Deborah</a> <a href="/judges/5-1.htm">Deb'orah</a> <a href="/judges/2-2.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/judges/5-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/20-3.htm">Life</a> <a href="/joshua/6-23.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Peasantry</a> <a href="/judges/5-3.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/judges/1-27.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/john/11-54.htm">Village</a> <a href="/judges/1-27.htm">Villages</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/5-12.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/judges/9-9.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/judges/7-24.htm">Country</a> <a href="/judges/5-12.htm">Deborah</a> <a href="/judges/5-12.htm">Deb'orah</a> <a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/judges/5-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/9-17.htm">Life</a> <a href="/judges/5-28.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Peasantry</a> <a href="/judges/5-9.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/judges/5-8.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/matthew/10-11.htm">Village</a> <a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Villages</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/5-1.htm">The Song of Deborah and Barak</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Life in the villages ceased;</b><br>This phrase indicates a period of great distress and disruption in Israel. The villages, representing rural life and community, were abandoned due to the oppression of the Canaanites. This reflects the broader cycle in the Book of Judges where Israel falls into sin, faces oppression, cries out to God, and is delivered by a judge. The cessation of village life suggests a breakdown of social and economic structures, likely due to fear of enemy raids and lack of security.<p><b>it ended in Israel,</b><br>The repetition emphasizes the severity of the situation across the nation. The oppression was not localized but affected the entire land of Israel. This period of turmoil is a direct consequence of Israel's disobedience to God, as they had turned to worship other gods, leading to their subjugation by foreign powers. The phrase underscores the need for divine intervention and leadership to restore peace and order.<p><b>until I, Deborah, arose,</b><br>Deborah's emergence as a leader marks a turning point. She is one of the few female judges and a prophetess, indicating her unique role in Israel's history. Her leadership is divinely appointed, and she stands out in a patriarchal society as a figure of authority and wisdom. Her rise signifies God's response to the cries of His people, using unexpected means to deliver them. Deborah's story parallels other biblical figures who rise to leadership in times of crisis, such as Moses and Esther.<p><b>a mother in Israel.</b><br>This title highlights Deborah's nurturing and protective role. It suggests her care and concern for the nation, akin to a mother's for her children. In a broader biblical context, this maternal imagery can be seen as a type of Christ, who also cares for and leads His people. The term "mother" may also imply her role in birthing a new era of peace and stability for Israel. Her leadership brings about a restoration of life and community, akin to the nurturing and life-giving role of a mother.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/deborah.htm">Deborah</a></b><br>A prophetess and judge of Israel, Deborah is a central figure in this passage. She is described as a "mother in Israel," indicating her nurturing and leadership role during a time of crisis.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/v/villages_of_israel.htm">Villages of Israel</a></b><br>The passage refers to the villages where life had ceased, symbolizing a period of oppression and instability in Israel before Deborah's rise.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation of God's chosen people, who were experiencing turmoil and oppression from their enemies during this period.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/o/oppression.htm">Oppression</a></b><br>The context of this verse is a time when Israel was under the oppression of the Canaanite king Jabin and his commander Sisera, leading to a cessation of normal life in the villages.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/song_of_deborah.htm">Song of Deborah</a></b><br>Judges 5 is a poetic retelling of the victory over the Canaanites, attributed to Deborah and Barak, celebrating God's deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_crisis.htm">Leadership in Crisis</a></b><br>Deborah's rise as a leader during a time of crisis demonstrates the importance of godly leadership. Her example encourages believers to step up and lead with courage and wisdom when faced with challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_women_in_god's_plan.htm">Role of Women in God's Plan</a></b><br>Deborah's role as a judge and prophetess highlights the significant contributions women can make in God's plan. It challenges traditional views and encourages the recognition of women's leadership in the church and society.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_action.htm">Faith and Action</a></b><br>Deborah's faith in God and her decisive action led to Israel's deliverance. This teaches the importance of combining faith with action in our spiritual walk.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_restoration.htm">Community Restoration</a></b><br>The cessation of village life until Deborah arose underscores the impact of leadership on community restoration. Believers are called to be agents of change and restoration in their communities.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">The inhabitants of the villages ceased.</span>--The one Hebrew word for "the inhabitants of the villages" is <span class= "ital">perazon. </span>The rendering of our version is supported by the Chaldee, and by the meaning of the analogous words in <a href="/deuteronomy/3-5.htm" title="All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.">Deuteronomy 3:5</a>.<a href="/1_samuel/6-18.htm" title="And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even to the great stone of Abel, where on they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.">1Samuel 6:18</a>, &c. But this cannot be the meaning in <a href="/judges/5-11.htm" title="They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.">Judges 5:11</a>; and it is far more probable that the LXX. (Cod. B) is right in rendering it "princes" (<span class= "ital">dunatoi; </span>Vulgate, <span class= "ital">fortes</span>)<span class= "ital">, </span>though the difficulty of the word is shown by its being simply transliterated (<span class= "ital">phrazon</span>) in the Alexandrine MS. The meaning probably is "warlike chiefs" (comp. <a href="/habakkuk/3-14.htm" title="You did strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.">Habakkuk 3:14</a>). Luther renders it "peasants."<p><span class= "bld">A mother in Israel.</span>--For this metaphor, comp. <a href="/2_samuel/20-19.htm" title="I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?">2Samuel 20:19</a>; <a href="/job/29-16.htm" title="I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.">Job 29:16</a>; <a href="/genesis/45-8.htm" title="So now it was not you that sent me here, but God: and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.">Genesis 45:8</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - Instead of <span class="cmt_word">The inhabitants of the villages ceased</span>, some render the <span class="accented">leaders ceased.</span> Till Deborah arose and stirred up Barak, there was no one to put himself at the head of the people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/5-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Life in the villages</span><br /><span class="heb">פְרָז֛וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ə·rā·zō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6520.htm">Strong's 6520: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps rural population</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ceased,</span><br /><span class="heb">חָדְל֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ḏə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2308.htm">Strong's 2308: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it ended</span><br /><span class="heb">חָדֵ֑לּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ḏêl·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2308.htm">Strong's 2308: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֤ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I, Deborah,</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּבוֹרָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇō·w·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1683.htm">Strong's 1683: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deborah -- two Israelite women</span><br /><br /><span class="word">arose,</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁקַּ֙מְתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(šaq·qam·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a mother</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’êm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/5-7.htm">Judges 5:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/5-7.htm">Judges 5:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/5-7.htm">Judges 5:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/5-7.htm">Judges 5:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/5-7.htm">Judges 5:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/5-7.htm">Judges 5:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/5-7.htm">Judges 5:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/5-7.htm">Judges 5:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/5-7.htm">Judges 5:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/5-7.htm">Judges 5:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/5-7.htm">OT History: Judges 5:7 The rulers ceased in Israel (Jd Judg. 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