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Judges 5:18

NaphtaliZebulun
Courage and strength

16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

17 Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.

Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

19 Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

20 From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

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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.

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BSB
Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
KJV
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
WEB
Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
ASV
Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.
DARBY
Zebulun is a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto death, Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
BLB
Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, and Naphtali, on the heights of the field.
ÅB
Sebulon er et folk som ringeakter sitt liv inntil døden, likeså Naftali på sine fjell.
OTB
Sebulons folk risikerte sine liv;
det gjorde også Naftali på markens høyder.
B1930
Sebulon er et folk som ringeakter sitt liv inntil døden, likeså Naftali på sine fjell.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Judges 4:10

    where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

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  • Judges 4:6

    She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

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  • Judges 4:14

    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

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  • Acts 20:24

    But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

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  • Esther 4:16

    “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

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  • 1 John 3:16

    By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

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  • Revelation 12:11

    They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

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