Judges 5 (NET)

Judges 5:1¹On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:2²“When the leaders took the lead in Israel, When the people answered the call to war— Praise the Lord!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:3³Hear, O kings! Pay attention, O rulers! I will sing to the Lord! I will sing to the Lord God of Israel!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:4⁴O Lord, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:5⁵The mountains trembled before the Lord, the God of Sinai; before the Lord God of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:6⁶In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:7⁷Warriors were scarce; they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:8⁸God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found among forty military units in Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:9⁹My heart went out to Israel’s leaders, to the people who answered the call to war. Praise the Lord!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:10¹⁰You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:11¹¹Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the Lord ’s victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the Lord ’s people went down to the city gates—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:12¹²Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Capture your prisoners of war, son of Abinoam!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:13¹³Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the Lord ’s people came down to me as warriors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:14¹⁴They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek; they follow after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came the ones who march carrying an officer’s staff.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:15¹⁵Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah; the men of Issachar supported Barak; into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. Among the clans of Reuben there was intense heart searching.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:16¹⁶Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben—there was intense searching of heart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:17¹⁷Gilead stayed put beyond the Jordan River. As for Dan—why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? Asher remained on the seacoast; he stayed by his harbors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:18¹⁸The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged onto the battlefields.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:19¹⁹Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:20²⁰From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:21²¹The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them —the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:22²²The horses’ hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:23²³‘Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the angel of the Lord; ‘Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord ’s battle, to help in the Lord ’s battle against the warriors.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:24²⁴The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:25²⁵He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for a king, she served him curds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:26²⁶Her left hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. She “hammered” Sisera, she shattered his skull, she smashed his head, she drove the tent peg through his temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:27²⁷Between her feet he collapsed, he fell limp and was lifeless; between her feet he collapsed and fell, in the spot where he collapsed, there he fell—violently killed!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:28²⁸Through the window she looked; Sisera’s mother cried out through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so slow to return? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot horses delayed?’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:29²⁹The wisest of her ladies answer; indeed she even thinks to herself,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:30³⁰‘No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder — a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 5:31³¹May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s