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Judges 5:8

6 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.

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!

10 You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

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BSB
When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
KJV
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
WEB
They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
ASV
They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
DARBY
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
BLB
They chose new gods; then [there was] war in the gates. A shield was not seen, or a spear, among forty thousand in Israel.
ÅB
De valgte nye guder, da var der kamp ved portene; ei såes skjold, ei heller spyd blant førti tusen i Israel.
OTB
Nye guder ble valgt; da var det krig i portene.
Ikke et skjold eller spyd var å se
blant førti tusen i Israel.
B1930
De valgte nye guder, da var der kamp ved portene; ei såes skjold, ei heller spyd blandt firti tusen i Israel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 32:16–17

    They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

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  • Judges 2:17

    Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.

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  • Judges 2:12

    Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,

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  • Judges 4:3

    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:19–22

    And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”

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