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Judges 5:7

Deborah
Serving others

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

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

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.

9 My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

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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
Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
KJV
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
WEB
The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
ASV
The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
DARBY
The villages ceased in Israel, Ceased until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
BLB
Village life ceased, in Israel it ceased, until I arose—Deborah Arose—a mother in Israel.
ÅB
Det fantes ingen fører i Israel, nei, ingen før jeg, Debora, sto fram, før jeg sto fram, en mor i Israel.
OTB
Landsbyboerne opphørte i Israel;
de opphørte inntil jeg, Deborah, sto fram,
inntil jeg sto fram, en mor i Israel.
B1930
Det fantes ingen fører i Israel, nei, ingen før jeg, Debora, stod frem, før jeg stod frem, en mor i Israel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 20:19

    I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

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  • Isaiah 49:23

    Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

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  • Romans 16:13

    Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

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  • Esther 9:19

    This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

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  • Judges 4:4–6

    Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

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