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Judges 5:6

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4 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.

5 The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

7 Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

8 When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

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BSB
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
KJV
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
WEB
“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.
ASV
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.
DARBY
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, The roads were unused, and the travellers on highways went by crooked paths.
BLB
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, and the travelers walked the crooked ways.
ÅB
I Samgars, Anats sønns dager, i Jaels dager var stiene øde, de veifarende gikk på krokete stier.
OTB
“I Shamgars dager, Anats sønn,
i Jaels dager, var veiene øde,
og reisende tok til kronglete stier.
B1930
I Samgars, Anats sønns dager, i Jaels dager var stiene øde, de veifarende gikk på krokete stier.

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  • Isaiah 33:8

    The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

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  • Judges 3:31

    After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

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  • Lamentations 1:4

    The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

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  • Leviticus 26:22

    I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.

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  • Psalms 125:5

    But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

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  • Lamentations 4:18

    They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

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  • Judges 4:17–18

    Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

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  • 2 Chronicles 15:5

    In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.

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