Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Judges 5:13

11 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:

12 ‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

14 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.

15 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.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
KJV
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
WEB
“Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down. The LORD came down for me against the mighty.
ASV
Then came down a remnant of the nobles [and] the people; Jehovah came down for me against the mighty.
DARBY
Then come down, thou, the remnant of nobles, [as his] people; Jehovah! come down with me in the midst of the mighty ones.
BLB
Then came down the survivors to the nobles; the people of YHWH came down for me against the mighty.
ÅB
Dengang lød det: Stig ned, du lille flokk, stig ned til heltene, du folk! Herre, stig ned og strid for meg blant kjempene!
OTB
“Da kom resten av de edle ned;
Herrens folk kom ned til meg som krigere.
B1930
Dengang lød det: Stig ned, du lille flokk, stig ned til heltene, du folk! Herre, stig ned og strid for mig blandt kjempene!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 2:26–27

    And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 75:7

    but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 41:15–16

    Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

    Read in context

  • Romans 8:37

    No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

    Read in context

  • Revelation 3:9

    Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.

    Read in context

  • Daniel 7:18–27

    But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’

    Read in context

  • Ezekiel 17:24

    Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”

    Read in context

  • Psalms 49:14

    Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

    Read in context