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Judges 5:4

EsauEdomSeir
God's power and sovereignty

2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.

6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

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BSB
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.
KJV
LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
WEB
“LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
ASV
Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
DARBY
Jehovah, when thou wentest forth from Seir, When thou marchedst out of the fields of Edom, The earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
BLB
O YHWH, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the field of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens poured down; also the clouds poured down water.
ÅB
Herre, da du gikk ut fra Se'ir, da du skred fram fra Edoms mark, da bevet jorden, himlene dryppet, skyene dryppet av vann.
OTB
“Herre, da du dro ut fra Seir,
da du marsjerte fra Edoms mark,
skalv jorden, himlene strømmet,
skyene strømmet ned vann.
B1930
Herre, da du gikk ut fra Se'ir, da du skred frem fra Edoms mark, da bevet jorden, himlene dryppet, skyene dryppet av vann.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:2

    And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

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  • Psalms 77:17

    The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

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  • Psalms 68:7–8

    O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

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  • Psalms 18:7–15

    Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

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  • Job 9:6

    Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

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  • 2 Samuel 22:8

    Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

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  • Habakkuk 3:3–6

    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

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