The song of Deborah and Barak.
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  5:1 ¶
And Deborah{gr.Debbora} and Barak{gr.Barac} son of Abineem sang in that day, saying, |
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5:1 ¶
Then sang°°
Deborah°
and Barak°
the son°
of Abinoam°
on that°
day,°
saying,°° |
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5:2
A revelation was made in Israel when the people were made willing: Praise ye the Lord. |
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5:2
Praise°°
ye Yahweh°
for the avenging°°°
of Israel,°
when the people°
willingly offered°°
themselves.° |
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5:3
Hear, ye kings, and hearken, rulers: I will sing, it is I [who will sing] to the Lord, it is I, I will sing a psalm to the Lord the god of Israel. |
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5:3
Hear,°°
O ye kings;°
give ear,°°
O ye princes;°°
I,°
[even] I,°
will sing°°
unto Yahweh;°
I will sing°°
[praise] to Yahweh°
Elohim°
of Israel.° |
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5:4
O Lord, in thy going forth on Seir, when thou wentest forth out of the land of Edom, the earth quaked and the heaven dropped dews, and the clouds dropped water. |
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5:4
Yahweh,°
when thou wentest out°°
of Seir,°°
when thou marchedst°
out°°
of the field°°
of Edom,°
the earth°
trembled,°°
and°
the heavens°
dropped,°°
the clouds°
also°
dropped°°
water.° |
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5:5
The mountains were shaken before the face of the Lord Eloi, this Sinai{gr.Sina} before the face of the Lord God of Israel. |
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5:5
The mountains°
melted°°
from before°°
Yahweh,°
[even] that°
Sinai°
from before°°
Yahweh°
Elohim°
of Israel.° |
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5:6
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. |
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5:6
In the days°
of Shamgar°
the son°
of Anath,°
in the days°
of Jael,°
the highways°
were unoccupied,°°
and the travellers°°°
walked°°°
through byways.°°° |
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5:7
The mighty men in Israel failed, they failed until Deborah{gr.Debbora} arose, until she arose a mother in Israel. |
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5:7
[The inhabitants of] the villages°
ceased,°°
they ceased°°
in Israel,°
until that°
I Deborah°
arose,°°°
that I arose°°
a mother°
in Israel.° |
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5:8
They chose new gods; then the cities of rulers fought; there was not a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel. |
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5:8
They chose°°
new°
elohim;°
then°
[was] war°
in the gates:°
was there a shield°
or spear°
seen°°
among forty°
thousand°
in Israel?° |
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5:9
My heart [inclines] to the orders given in Israel; ye that are willing among the people, bless the Lord. |
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5:9
My heart°
[is] toward the governors°°
of Israel,°
that offered themselves willingly°°
among the people.°
Bless°°
ye Yahweh.° |
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5:10
Ye that mount a she-ass at noon-day, ye that sit on the judgement-seat, and walk by the roads of them that sit in judgement by the way; declare |
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5:10
Speak,°°
ye that ride°°
on white°
asses,°
ye that sit°°
in°
judgment,°
and walk°°
by°
the way.° |
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5:11
[ye that are delivered] from the noise of disturbers among the drawers of water; there shall they relate righteous acts: O Lord, increase righteous acts in Israel: then the people of the Lord went down to the cities. |
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5:11
[They that are delivered] from the noise°°
of archers°°
in°
the places of drawing water,°
there°
shall they rehearse°°
the righteous acts°
of Yahweh,°
[even] the righteous acts°
[toward the inhabitants] of his villages°
in Israel:°
then°
shall the people°
of Yahweh°
go down°°
to the gates.° |
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5:12
Awake, awake, Deborah{gr.Debbora}; awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak{gr.Barac}, and lead thy captivity captive, son of Abineem. |
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5:12
Awake,°°
awake,°°
Deborah:°
awake,°°
awake,°°
utter°°
a song:°
arise,°°
Barak,°
and lead thy captivity°
captive,°°°
thou son°
of Abinoam.° |
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5:13
Then went down the remnant to the strong, the people of the Lord went down for him among the mighty ones from me. |
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5:13
Then°
he made him that remaineth°
have dominion°°
over the nobles°
among the people:°
Yahweh°
made me have dominion°°
over the mighty.° |
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5:14
Ephraim rooted them out in Amalek{gr.Amalec}, behind thee was Benjamin among thy people: the inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, and from Zebulun{gr.Zabulon} came they that draw with the scribe's pen of record. |
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5:14
Out of°
Ephraim°
[was there] a root°
of them against Amalek;°
after°
thee, Benjamin,°
among thy people;°
out of°
Machir°
came down°°
governors,°°
and out of Zebulun°°
they that handle°°
the pen°
of the writer.°° |
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5:15
And princes in Issachar were with Deborah{gr.Debbora} and Barak{gr.Barac}, thus she sent Barak{gr.Barac} on his feet in the valleys into the portions of Reuben{gr.Ruben}; great [pangs] reached to the heart. |
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5:15
And the princes°
of Issachar°
[were] with°
Deborah;°
even Issachar,°
and also°
Barak:°
he was sent°°
on foot°
into the valley.°
For the divisions°°
of Reuben°
[there were] great°
thoughts°
of heart.° |
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5:16
Why did they sit between the sheep-folds to hear the bleating of flocks for the divisions of Reuben{gr.Ruben}? [there were] great searchings of heart. |
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5:16
Why°
abodest°°
thou among°
the sheepfolds,°
to hear°°
the bleatings°
of the flocks?°
For the divisions°°
of Reuben°
[there were] great°
searchings°
of heart.° |
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5:17
Gilead{gr.Galaad} [is] on the other side of Jordan where he pitched his tents; and why does Dan remain in ships? Asher{gr.Aser} sat down on the sea-coasts, and he will tabernacle at his ports. |
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5:17
Gilead°
abode°°
beyond°
Jordan:°
and why°
did Dan°
remain°°
in ships?°
Asher°
continued°°
on the sea°
shore,°
and abode°°
in°
his breaches.° |
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5:18
The people Zebulun{gr.Zabulon} exposed their soul to death, and Naphtali{gr.Nephthali} came to the high places of their land. |
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5:18
Zebulun°
and Naphtali°
[were] a people°
[that] jeoparded°°
their lives°
unto the death°°
in°
the high places°
of the field.° |
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5:19
Kings set themselves in array, then the kings of Canaan{gr.Chanaan} fought in Thanaach at the water of Megiddo{gr.Mageddo}; they took no gift of money. |
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5:19
The kings°
came°°
[and] fought,°°
then°
fought°°
the kings°
of Canaan°
in Taanach°
by°
the waters°
of Megiddo;°
they took°°
no°
gain°°
of money.° |
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5:20
The stars from heaven set themselves in array, they set themselves [to fight] with Sisera{gr.Sisara} out of their paths. |
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5:20
They fought°°
from°
heaven;°
the stars°
in their courses°°
fought°°
against°
Sisera.° |
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5:21
The brook of Kishon{gr.Kison} swept them away, the ancient brook, the brook Kishon{gr.Kison}: my mighty soul will trample him down. |
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5:21
The river°
of Kishon°
swept them away,°°
that ancient°
river,°
the river°
Kishon.°
O my soul,°
thou hast trodden down°°
strength.° |
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5:22
When the hoofs of the horse were entangled, his mighty ones earnestly hasted |
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5:22
Then°
were the horsehoofs°°
broken°°
by the means of the pransings,°°
the pransings°
of their mighty ones.° |
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5:23
to curse Meroz: Curse ye [it], said the angel of the Lord; cursed [is] every one that dwells in it, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to his help among the mighty. |
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5:23
Curse°°
ye Meroz,°
said°°
the angel°
of Yahweh,°
curse°°
ye bitterly°°
the inhabitants°°
thereof; because°
they came°°
not°
to the help°
of Yahweh,°
to the help°
of Yahweh°
against the mighty.° |
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5:24
Blessed among women be Jael wife of Heber{gr.Chaber} the Kenite; let her be blessed above women in tents. |
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5:24
Blessed°°
above women°°
shall Jael°
the wife°
of Heber°
the Kenite°
be, blessed°°
shall she be above women°°
in the tent.° |
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5:25
He asked for water, she gave him milk in a dish; she brought butter of princes. |
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5:25
He asked°°
water,°
[and] she gave°°
[him] milk;°
she brought forth°°
butter°
in a lordly°
dish.° |
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5:26
She stretched forth her left hand to the nail, and her right to the hand workman's hammer, and she smote Sisera{gr.Sisara} with it, she nailed through his head and smote him; she nailed through his temples. |
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5:26
She put°°
her hand°
to the nail,°
and her right hand°
to the workmen's°
hammer;°
and with the hammer she smote°°
Sisera,°
she smote off°°
his head,°
when she had pierced°°
and stricken through°°
his temples.°° |
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5:27
He rolled down between her feet; he fell and lay between her feet; he bowed and fell: where he bowed, there he fell dead. |
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5:27
At°
her feet°
he bowed,°°
he fell,°°
he lay down:°°
at°
her feet°
he bowed,°°
he fell:°°
where°
he bowed,°°
there°
he fell down°°
dead.°° |
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5:28
The mother of Sisera{gr.Sisara} looked down through the window out of the loophole, [saying], Why was his chariot ashamed? why did the wheels of his chariots tarry? |
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5:28
The mother°
of Sisera°
looked°°
out°
at°
a window,°
and cried°°
through°
the lattice,°
Why°
is°
his chariot°
[so] long°°
in coming?°°
why°
tarry°°
the wheels°
of his chariots?° |
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5:29
Her wise ladies answered her, and she returned answers to herself, [saying], |
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5:29
Her wise°
ladies°
answered°°
her, yea,°
she°
returned°°
answer°
to herself, |
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5:30
Will they not find him dividing the spoil? he will surely be gracious to every man: [there are] spoils of dyed garments for Sisera{gr.Sisara}, spoils of various dyed garments, dyed embroidered garments, they [are] the spoils for his neck. |
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5:30
Have they not°
sped?°°
have they [not] divided°°
the prey;°
to every°
man°
a damsel°
[or] two;°°
to Sisera°
a prey°
of divers colours,°
a prey°
of divers colours°
of needlework,°
of divers colours°
of needlework°
on both sides,°
[meet] for the necks°
of [them that take] the spoil?° |
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5:31
Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: and they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years. |
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5:31
So°
let all°
thine enemies°°
perish,°°
O Yahweh:°
but [let] them that love°°
him [be] as the sun°
when he goeth forth°°
in his might.°
And the land°
had rest°°
forty°
years.° |
