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travelers took to winding paths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, people avoided the main roads, and travelers stayed on winding pathways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and travelers kept to the byways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, In the days of Jael, The highways were deserted, And the travelers walked along the byways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the roads were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the paths had ceased, So travelers went by roundabout paths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the main roads were deserted because travelers kept to the side roads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the main ways were deserted because travelers kept to the side roads. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In the time of Shamgar son of Anath, and now again in Jael's time, roads were too dangerous for caravans. Travelers had to take the back roads, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, roads were deserted. Those who traveled took back roads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans no longer went through the land, and travelers used the back roads. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />During the lifetime of Anath's son Shamgar and during the lifetime of Jael highways remained deserted, while travelers kept to back roads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through by-ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar son of Anath—In the days of Jael—The ways have ceased, "" And those going in the paths go [in] crooked ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go in crooked ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, In the days of Jael, they left the ways; They went the by-ways; they will go the winding ways.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In the days of Samgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jahel the paths rested: and they that went by them, walked through by-ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the paths were quiet. And whoever entered by them, walked along rough byways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased: Those who traveled the roads now traveled by roundabout paths. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased and travelers kept to the byways.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Anael, the highways were cut off, and the travellers who once walked on main roads, had to go through the crooked byways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, and in the days of Anayl, they cut off the roads and those walking in the straight paths walked in perverse ways<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways ceased, And the travellers walked through byways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />In the days of Samegar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, they deserted the ways, and went in by-ways; they went in crooked paths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/5-6.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=1221" 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">5</span>The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bî·mê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">In the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/8044.htm" title="8044: šam·gar (N-proper-ms) -- An Israelite judge. Of uncertain derivation; Shamgar, an Israelite judge.">of Shamgar</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/6067.htm" title="6067: ‘ă·nāṯ (N-proper-ms) -- Father of Shamgar. From anah; answer; Anath, an Israelite.">of Anath,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bî·mê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">in the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/3278.htm" title="3278: yā·‘êl (N-proper-fs) -- A Canaanite woman. The same as ya'el; Jael, a Canaanite.">of Jael,</a> <a href="/hebrew/734.htm" title="734: ’o·rā·ḥō·wṯ (N-cp) -- A way, path. From 'arach; a well-trodden road; also a caravan.">the highways</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.">were deserted</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wə·hō·lə·ḵê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and the travelers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5410.htm" title="5410: nə·ṯî·ḇō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Path, pathway. Or nthiybah; or nthibah; from an unused root meaning to tramp; a track."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: yê·lə·ḵū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/734.htm" title="734: ’o·rā·ḥō·wṯ (N-cp) -- A way, path. From 'arach; a well-trodden road; also a caravan."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6128.htm" title="6128: ‘ă·qal·qal·lō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Crooked. From aqal; winding.">the byways.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother 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/33-8.htm">Isaiah 33:8</a></span><br />The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-25.htm">Jeremiah 6:25</a></span><br />Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21</a></span><br />For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Lamentations 1:4</a></span><br />The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-18.htm">Lamentations 5:18</a></span><br />because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/4-1.htm">1 Samuel 4:1-2</a></span><br />Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek. / The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm">1 Samuel 13:6-7</a></span><br />Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns. / Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5-6</a></span><br />In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts. / Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9</a></span><br />Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-12.htm">Matthew 24:12</a></span><br />Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-26.htm">Luke 21:26</a></span><br />Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-16.htm">Romans 3:16-17</a></span><br />ruin and misery lie in their wake, / and the way of peace they have not known.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a></span><br />But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm">Hebrews 11:32-34</a></span><br />And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways.</p><p class="hdg">Shamgar</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-31.htm">Judges 3:31</a></b></br> And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.</p><p class="hdg">Jael</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/4-17.htm">Judges 4:17,18</a></b></br> Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for <i>there was</i> peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite… </p><p class="hdg">the highways</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a></b></br> I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your <i>high</i> ways shall be desolate.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5</a></b></br> And in those times <i>there was</i> no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations <i>were</i> upon all the inhabitants of the countries.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Isaiah 33:8</a></b></br> The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.</p><p class="hdg">travellers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/125-5.htm">Psalm 125:5</a></b></br> As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: <i>but</i> peace <i>shall be</i> upon Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/4-15.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/judges/3-31.htm">Anath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">Byways</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-25.htm">Caravans</a> <a href="/judges/2-19.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-5.htm">Crooked</a> <a href="/joshua/22-3.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/luke/14-23.htm">Highways</a> <a href="/judges/4-22.htm">Jael</a> <a href="/judges/4-22.htm">Ja'el</a> <a href="/judges/3-1.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-3.htm">Roads</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-9.htm">Roundabout</a> <a href="/judges/3-31.htm">Shamgar</a> <a href="/judges/3-21.htm">Side</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Travelers</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Travellers</a> <a href="/romans/15-23.htm">Unoccupied</a> <a href="/judges/4-5.htm">Used</a> <a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/joshua/22-5.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Winding</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/30-13.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/joshua/19-38.htm">Anath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">Byways</a> <a href="/job/6-18.htm">Caravans</a> <a href="/judges/5-7.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-27.htm">Crooked</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-2.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/judges/5-20.htm">Highways</a> <a href="/judges/5-24.htm">Jael</a> <a href="/judges/5-24.htm">Ja'el</a> <a href="/judges/5-17.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Roads</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-34.htm">Roundabout</a> <a href="/judges/3-31.htm">Shamgar</a> <a href="/judges/7-1.htm">Side</a> <a href="/job/6-19.htm">Travelers</a> <a href="/job/6-19.htm">Travellers</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-9.htm">Unoccupied</a> <a href="/judges/8-11.htm">Used</a> <a href="/judges/11-16.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-23.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-8.htm">Winding</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'; 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His mention here suggests a time of oppression and instability in Israel. The name "Anath" may refer to a Canaanite goddess, indicating possible cultural influences or syncretism during this period. This era was marked by a lack of centralized leadership, as Israel was ruled by judges rather than kings.<p><b>in the days of Jael</b><br>Jael is celebrated in <a href="/judges/4.htm">Judges 4 and 5</a> for her role in killing Sisera, the commander of the Canaanite army, with a tent peg. Her actions are seen as divinely inspired, contributing to Israel's victory. The mention of Jael alongside Shamgar highlights the significant roles played by individuals, including women, in God's deliverance of Israel. This period was characterized by God using unexpected people to achieve His purposes.<p><b>the highways were deserted</b><br>This phrase indicates a time of fear and danger, where normal travel and commerce were disrupted due to threats from enemy forces or bandits. The deserted highways symbolize the breakdown of societal order and security, reflecting the consequences of Israel's disobedience and idolatry. This situation is reminiscent of the curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> for turning away from God.<p><b>and the travelers took the byways</b><br>Travelers avoiding main roads suggests a strategy to evade danger, indicating a period of oppression and insecurity. This behavior reflects the broader theme of Judges, where Israel repeatedly falls into sin, leading to oppression by surrounding nations. The use of byways instead of highways can symbolize the need for God's people to find alternative paths to safety and deliverance, often through unexpected means or people, as seen in the stories of Shamgar and Jael.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/shamgar_son_of_anath.htm">Shamgar son of Anath</a></b><br>A judge of Israel mentioned briefly in <a href="/judges/3-31.htm">Judges 3:31</a>. He is known for striking down 600 Philistines with an oxgoad, delivering Israel from oppression.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jael.htm">Jael</a></b><br>A heroine in the account of Deborah and Barak, known for killing Sisera, the commander of the Canaanite army, by driving a tent peg through his temple (<a href="/judges/4-17.htm">Judges 4:17-22</a>).<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/highways_and_byways.htm">Highways and Byways</a></b><br>The highways were the main roads used for travel and trade. During the time of oppression, these roads were deserted due to fear of enemy attacks, forcing travelers to use less frequented paths (byways).<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_days_of_oppression.htm">The Days of Oppression</a></b><br>This period was marked by fear and insecurity due to the oppression of the Israelites by their enemies, leading to deserted highways.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_song_of_deborah.htm">The Song of Deborah</a></b><br>Judges 5 is a poetic retelling of the events surrounding the victory over the Canaanites, celebrating God's deliverance through Deborah and Barak.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance_in_unlikely_ways.htm">God's Deliverance in Unlikely Ways</a></b><br>God often uses unexpected people and methods to bring about deliverance, as seen with Shamgar and Jael. We should remain open to God's unconventional plans in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_times_of_fear.htm">Courage in Times of Fear</a></b><br>The deserted highways symbolize fear and oppression. As believers, we are called to trust God and act courageously, even when circumstances seem daunting.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithful_leadership.htm">The Importance of Faithful Leadership</a></b><br>The leadership of Deborah, Barak, and Jael highlights the impact of faithful leaders who trust in God's promises. We should pray for and support godly leaders in our communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_timing.htm">Trusting God's Timing</a></b><br>The period of oppression was part of God's larger plan for Israel's deliverance. We must trust God's timing and remain faithful during difficult seasons.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">In the days of Shamgar.</span>--In this and the two next verses is described the misery and dejection of Israel; and the names of Shamgar and Jael are mentioned to enhance the glory of Deborah, by showing that even the presence among the Israelites of two such heroic souls as Shamgar and Jael was unavailing to deliver them until Deborah arose. That Shamgar is thus (apparently) alluded to as a contemporary of Jael has an important bearing on the chronology; for it at least shows that simultaneous struggles may have been going on against the Philistines in the south and the Canaanites in the north.<p><span class= "bld">In the days of Jael.</span>--It has been thought so strange that Deborah should mention the name of the Bedouin chieftainess as marking the epoch, that some have supposed "Jael" to be the name of some unknown judge; and some have even proposed to read Jair. Others render it "the helper," and suppose that Ehud, or Shamgar, is referred to. But (1) Jael is essentially a woman's name (see <a href="/judges/4-17.htm" title="However, Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.">Judges 4:17</a>; <a href="/proverbs/5-19.htm" title="Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be you ravished always with her love.">Proverbs 5:19</a>); (2) she is mentioned prominently in this very song as having put the finishing stroke to the victory of Israel; and (3) she may have been--and various incidents in the history lead us to suppose that she was--a woman of great importance and influence, even independently of her murder of Sisera.<p><span class= "bld">The highways were unoccupied.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">kept holiday. </span>This had been foretold in <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm" title="I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.">Leviticus 26:22</a>. The grass grew on them; there was no one to occupy them. "The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth" (<a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm" title="The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: he has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he regards no man.">Isaiah 33:8</a>). "The land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned" (<a href="/zechariah/7-14.htm" title="But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.">Zechariah 7:14</a>). (Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/15-5.htm" title="And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were on all the inhabitants of the countries.">2Chronicles 15:5</a>; <a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm" title="The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.">Lamentations 1:4</a>; <a href="/lamentations/4-18.htm" title="They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.">Lamentations 4:18</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - From what misery God had saved the people! In the days of her predecessor Shamgar, when the Philistines overran the country, when Heber the Kenite still dwelt in the south of Judah, all traffic ceased in the land. The caravans were stopped, and travellers slunk into the by-ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/5-6.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">In the days</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּימֵ֞י</span> <span class="translit">(bî·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Shamgar</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁמְגַּ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(šam·gar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8044.htm">Strong's 8044: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shamgar -- an Israelite judge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Anath,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲנָת֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·nāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6067.htm">Strong's 6067: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anath -- father of Shamgar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the days</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּימֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bî·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jael,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָעֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(yā·‘êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3278.htm">Strong's 3278: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jael -- a Canaanite woman</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the highways</span><br /><span class="heb">אֳרָח֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’o·rā·ḥō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_734.htm">Strong's 734: </a> </span><span class="str2">A well-trodden road, a caravan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were deserted</span><br /><span class="heb">חָדְל֖וּ</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">and the travelers</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֹלְכֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hō·lə·ḵê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">took</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵלְכ֕וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yê·lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the byways.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·qal·qal·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6128.htm">Strong's 6128: </a> </span><span class="str2">Winding</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/5-6.htm">OT History: Judges 5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son (Jd Judg. 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