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Judges 5:22

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

21 The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.

23 ‘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.’

24 Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

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BSB
Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.
KJV
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
WEB
Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
ASV
Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
DARBY
Then did the horse-hoofs clatter with the coursings, The coursings of their steeds.
BLB
Then pounded the hooves of horses, from the galloping—the galloping of its mighty ones.
ÅB
Da trampet hestenes hover under kjempenes jagende, jagende fart.
OTB
Da dundret hestenes hover—galopperende, galopperende av hans mektige hester.
B1930
Da trampet hestenes hover under kjempenes jagende, jagende fart.

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  • Jeremiah 47:4

    For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

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  • Psalms 33:17

    A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

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  • Psalms 147:10–11

    He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.

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  • Micah 4:13

    Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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  • Psalms 20:7

    Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

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  • Isaiah 5:28

    Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

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