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Judges 5:7

Deborah
Serving others

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.

The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye 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 one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

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  • Isaiah 49:23

    And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

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  • Romans 16:13

    Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

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  • Esther 9:19

    Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

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  • Judges 4:4–6

    And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

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