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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Judges 5</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/judges/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//judges/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/judges/">Judges</a> > Judges 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../judges/4.htm" title="Judges 4">◄</a> Judges 5 <a href="../judges/6.htm" title="Judges 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/judges/5.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/judges/5.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/judges/5.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/judges/5.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/judges/5.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/judges/5.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/judges/5.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Song of Deborah and Barak<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/15.htm">Exodus 15:1–21</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“When the princes take the lead in Israel, <p class="indent2"> when the people volunteer, <p class="indent2"> bless the LORD. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! <p class="indent2"> I will sing to the LORD; <p class="indent1"> I will sing praise to the LORD, <p class="indent2"> the God of Israel. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>O LORD, when You went out from Seir, <p class="indent2"> when You marched from the land of Edom, <p class="indent1"> the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, <p class="indent2"> and the clouds poured down water. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The mountains quaked before the LORD, <p class="indent2"> the One of Sinai, <p class="indent1"> before the LORD, <p class="indent2"> the God of Israel. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, <p class="indent2"> in the days of Jael, <p class="indent1"> the highways were deserted <p class="indent2"> and the travelers took the byways. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Life in the villages ceased; <p class="indent2"> it ended in Israel, <p class="indent1"> until I, Deborah, arose, <p class="indent2"> a mother in Israel. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When they chose new gods, <p class="indent2"> then war came to their gates. <p class="indent1"> Not a shield or spear was found <p class="indent2"> among forty thousand in Israel. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My heart is with the princes of Israel, <p class="indent2"> with the volunteers among the people. <p class="indent2"> Bless the LORD! <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You who ride white donkeys, <p class="indent2"> who sit on saddle blankets, <p class="indent2"> and you who travel the road, <p class="indent1"> ponder <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>the voices of the singers<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> at the watering places. <p class="indent1"> There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, <p class="indent2"> the righteous deeds of His villagers<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> in Israel. <p class="indent1stline"> Then the people of the LORD <p class="indent2"> went down to the gates: <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! <p class="indent2"> Awake, awake, sing a song! <p class="indent1"> Arise, O Barak, <p class="indent2"> and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’ <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the survivors came down to the nobles; <p class="indent2"> the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; <p class="indent2"> Benjamin came with your people after you. <p class="indent1"> The commanders came down from Machir, <p class="indent2"> the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, <p class="indent2"> and Issachar was with Barak, <p class="indent2"> rushing into the valley at his heels. <p class="indent1"> In the clans of Reuben <p class="indent2"> there was great indecision.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Why did you sit among the sheepfolds <p class="indent2"> to hear the whistling for the flocks? <p class="indent1"> In the clans of Reuben <p class="indent2"> there was great indecision. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. <p class="indent2"> Dan, why did you linger by the ships? <p class="indent1"> Asher stayed at the coast <p class="indent2"> and remained in his harbors. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; <p class="indent2"> Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Kings came and fought; <p class="indent2"> then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach <p class="indent1"> by the waters of Megiddo, <p class="indent2"> but they took no plunder of silver. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>From the heavens the stars fought; <p class="indent2"> from their courses they fought against Sisera. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The River Kishon swept them away, <p class="indent2"> the ancient river, the River Kishon. <p class="indent1stline"> March on, O my soul, in strength! <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then the hooves of horses thundered—<p class="indent2"> the mad galloping of his stallions. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. <p class="indent2">‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; <p class="indent1"> for they did not come to help the LORD, <p class="indent2"> to help the LORD against the mighty.’ <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Most blessed among women is Jael, <p class="indent2"> the wife of Heber the Kenite, <p class="indent2"> most blessed of tent-dwelling women. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He asked for water, and she gave him milk. <p class="indent2"> In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds. <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>She reached for the tent peg, <p class="indent2"> her right hand for the workman’s hammer. <p class="indent1"> She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; <p class="indent2"> she shattered and pierced his temple. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>At her feet he collapsed, he fell, <p class="indent2"> there he lay still; <p class="indent1"> at her feet he collapsed, he fell; <p class="indent2"> where he collapsed, there he fell dead. <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Sisera’s mother looked through the window; <p class="indent2"> she peered through the lattice and lamented: <p class="indent1">‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? <p class="indent2"> What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’ <A name="30"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Her wisest ladies answer; <p class="indent2"> indeed she keeps telling herself, <A name="31"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—<p class="indent2"> a girl or two for each warrior, <p class="indent1"> a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, <p class="indent2"> the spoil of embroidered garments <p class="indent2"> for the neck of the looter?’ <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>So may all your enemies perish, <p class="indent2"> O LORD! <p class="indent1"> But may those who love You <p class="indent2"> shine like the sun at its brightest.” <p class="reg"> And the land had rest for forty years.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>archers</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>those who divide the sheep</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>warriors</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>much searching of heart</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verse 16<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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