Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Deborah singeth
--
also
Barak son of Abinoam --
on
that
day,
saying
: --
On
that
day
Deborah and
Barak son of Abinoam sang
this
song
:
`For
freeing
freemen
in Israel, For
a
people willingly
offering
themselves
Bless ye
Jehovah
.
“When
the
princes
take
the
lead
in Israel, when
the
people volunteer,
bless the
LORD
.
Hear
, ye
kings ;
give ear, ye
princes ,
I,
to
Jehovah,
I
--
I do
sing ,
I sing praise to Jehovah
, God of Israel.
Listen
, O
kings !
Give ear, O
princes !
I will
sing to
the
LORD;
I will
sing praise to the
LORD
, the
God of Israel.
Jehovah
, in
Thy
going
forth
out of
Seir, In
Thy
stepping
out
of
the field
of Edom, Earth trembled, also
the heavens dropped
, Also
thick
clouds dropped
water.
O
LORD
, when
You
went
out from
Seir, when
You
marched
from
the land
of Edom, the
earth trembled, the heavens poured
out
rain
, and
the
clouds poured
down
water.
Hills
flowed
from
the face
of
Jehovah
, This
one --
Sinai --
From
the face
of
Jehovah
, God of Israel.
The mountains
quaked
before
the
LORD
, the
One of
Sinai ,
before
the LORD
, the
God of Israel.
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
.
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath ,
in the days of Jael, the
highways
were
deserted
and the travelers
took
the
byways
.
Villages ceased in Israel --
they
ceased
, Till
that
I arose
--
Deborah, That
I
arose, a mother in Israel.
Life
in
the
villages ceased ;
it
ended
in Israel, until
I ,
Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
He
chooseth
new gods, Then war `is'
at
the
gates !
A
shield
is
not seen
--
and
a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.
When
they
chose
new gods, then war came
to
their
gates .
Not a shield
or
spear was
found
among forty thousand in Israel.
My heart `
is '
to
the lawgivers
of Israel, Who
are
offering
themselves
willingly
among the people ,
Bless ye
Jehovah
!
My heart is with
the princes
of Israel, with
the
volunteers
among the people .
Bless the
LORD
!
Riders
on
white asses
--
Sitters
on a
long
robe
--
And walkers
by
the way
--
meditate!
You
who
ride
white donkeys,
who
sit
on saddle
blankets,
and you
who
travel
the road,
ponder
By
the voice
of shouters
Between
the places of
drawing
water,
There they give
out
righteous acts of Jehovah
, Righteous acts
of His villages
in Israel ,
Then ruled
in
the gates
have
the
people of Jehovah.
the voices
of the singers
at
the
watering
places .
There they shall
recount
the
righteous acts of the
LORD
, the
righteous deeds
of His villagers
in Israel .
Then the people of the
LORD
went
down
to
the
gates:
Awake, awake, Deborah ;
Awake, awake, utter
a song ;
Rise
, Barak, and take captive
thy
captivity
, Son of Abinoam .
‘
Awake, awake, O
Deborah !
Awake, awake, sing
a song !
Arise
, O
Barak, and take hold
of
your
captives
, O
son of Abinoam !’
Then him
who
is
left
of
the honourable
ones
He
caused
to rule
the people of Jehovah,
He
caused
me
to rule
among
the mighty.
Then the survivors
came
down
to the nobles;
the
people of the
LORD
came
down
to me
against
the mighty.
Out
of
Ephraim their root
`is'
against
Amalek .
After
thee,
Benjamin ,
among
thy
peoples
. Out
of
Machir
came down lawgivers
, And
out
of
Zebulun
those
drawing
with
the reed
of a
writer
.
Some
came
from
Ephraim ,
with
their roots
in
Amalek ;
Benjamin came
with
your
people
after
you
. The
commanders
came down from
Machir
, the bearers
of the
marshal’s
staff
from
Zebulun
.
And
princes in
Issachar `are'
with Deborah, Yea,
Issachar `is'
right
with Barak, Into the valley he
was
sent
on
his feet
. In the divisions
of Reuben ,
Great `are'
the
decrees
of
heart!
The
princes of
Issachar were
with Deborah, and
Issachar was
with Barak, rushing
into the valley at
his heels
. In the clans
of Reuben there
was
great indecision.
Why hast
thou
abode
between
the boundaries,
To hear lowings
of
herds?
For the divisions
of Reuben ,
Great `are'
the
searchings
of
heart!
Why did
you
sit
among
the sheepfolds
to hear the
whistling
for the flocks?
In
the
clans
of Reuben there
was
great indecision.
Gilead beyond the Jordan did
tabernacle,
And
Dan --
why doth
he
sojourn
`in'
ships? Asher hath
abode
at the haven
of
the
seas,
And by
his creeks
doth
tabernacle
.
Gilead remained
beyond the Jordan .
Dan ,
why did
you
linger
by
the
ships? Asher stayed
at the coast
and remained
in
his harbors
.
Zebulun `is'
a people who exposed
its
soul
to
death,
Naphtali also
--
on high
places
of the field
.
Zebulun was
a people who risked
their
lives;
Naphtali ,
too,
on the
heights
of the battlefield
.
Kings came --
they
fought; Then fought
kings of Canaan ,
In
Taanach ,
by the waters of Megiddo ;
Gain
of
money
they took not!
Kings came and
fought; then the
kings of Canaan fought
at
Taanach by the waters of Megiddo ,
but
they took no
plunder
of
silver.
From the heavens they
fought:
The stars from their highways
fought with
Sisera.
From the heavens the stars fought;
from their courses
they
fought against
Sisera.
The brook
Kishon swept them away, The brook
most
ancient --
the brook
Kishon. Thou
dost
tread
down
strength
, O my soul!
The River
Kishon swept them away, the ancient river,
the River
Kishon. March
on
, O my soul ,
in
strength
!
Then broken
were
the horse-heels,
By
pransings
--
pransings
of its
mighty
ones
.
Then the hooves
of horses
thundered—
the
mad
galloping
of
his
stallions
.
Curse Meroz --
said
a
messenger
of
Jehovah
, Cursing,
curse ye
its
inhabitants ,
For they came
not to the
help of
Jehovah
, To the
help of
Jehovah
among
the mighty !
‘
Curse Meroz, ’
says
the
angel
of
the
LORD.
‘Bitterly
curse her
inhabitants ;
for they did
not come
to help the
LORD
, to help the LORD
against
the
mighty .’
Blessed above
women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above
women
in
the
tent
she
is
blessed.
Most
blessed among
women is Jael, the
wife of Heber the Kenite, most
blessed of
tent-dwelling
women
.
Water
he asked --
milk
she gave ;
In a lordly
dish
she brought near
butter
.
He asked for
water,
and
she gave him
milk.
In a magnificent
bowl
she brought him
curds
.
Her
hand
to
the
pin
she sendeth
forth
, And
her right hand to
the labourers'
hammer ,
And
she hammered
Sisera --
she
smote
his head,
Yea,
she smote,
and it
passed
through
his temple.
She reached
for
the
tent
peg
, her right hand for
the workman’s
hammer .
She struck
Sisera and
crushed
his skull;
she shattered
and pierced
his temple.
Between
her feet he bowed
--
He fell, he lay down
; Between
her feet he bowed
, he fell; Where he bowed
, there he fell --
destroyed
.
At
her feet he collapsed,
he fell, there
he lay still
; at
her feet he collapsed
, he fell; where he collapsed
, there he fell dead
.
Through the window she
hath
looked
out
--
Yea,
she crieth
out
--
the
mother
of
Sisera,
Through the lattice: Wherefore
is his chariot delaying
to
come
? Wherefore
tarried
have
the steps
of his chariot
?
Sisera’s
mother
looked
through the window ;
she peered
through the lattice and
lamented
: ‘Why
is his chariot so
long
in
coming
? What
has
delayed
the clatter
of his chariots
? ’
The
wise
ones,
her princesses,
answer her,
Yea,
she returneth
her
sayings
to
herself :
Her wisest
ladies
answer ;
indeed
she keeps
telling
herself ,
Do
they not find?
--
they
apportion
spoil ,
A female
--
two females
--
for every
head
, Spoil
of finger-work
for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work,
Finger-work
--
a
pair
of
embroidered
things,
For the necks
of the spoil!
‘Are
they not finding
and
dividing
the
spoil —
a girl
or
two for each
warrior
, a
plunder
of dyed
garments
for Sisera, the
spoil of embroidered garments
for the neck
of the looter?’
So do
all Thine
enemies perish, O Jehovah,
And
those loving
Him
`are'
As
the
going
out
of
the sun in
its might!'
and the land resteth
forty years.
So may
all your
enemies perish, O LORD!
But
may
those who
love
You
shine
like
the sun at
its brightest.”
And the land had
rest
for
forty years.
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