Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
Deborah singeth
--
also
Barak son of Abinoam --
on that day, saying :
--
Then
sang
Deborah and
Barak the
son of Abinoam on that day, saying ,
`
For freeing
freemen
in
Israel, For
a
people willingly offering
themselves Bless
ye
Jehovah
.
Praise
ye
the
LORD
for the
avenging
of
Israel, when
the
people willingly offered
themselves.
Hear, ye kings; give ear, ye princes ,
I, to
Jehovah,
I
--
I do
sing
, I sing praise to Jehovah,
God of Israel.
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.
Jehovah
, in
Thy
going
forth
out of Seir, In
Thy
stepping
out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also
the heavens dropped, Also
thick
clouds dropped water.
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.
Hills
flowed
from the face
of
Jehovah
, This
one
--
Sinai --
From the face
of
Jehovah,
God of Israel.
The
mountains
melted
from before
the LORD
, even
that
Sinai from before
the LORD
God of Israel.
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath --
In the days of Jael --
The ways
have
ceased
, And those
going
in
the paths
go
`in'
crooked
ways
.
In the days of Shamgar the
son of Anath ,
in the days of Jael ,
the highways
were
unoccupied
, and the travellers
walked
through
byways
.
Villages ceased in
Israel
--
they ceased, Till
that I arose
--
Deborah, That I arose ,
a mother in Israel.
The
inhabitants
of
the
villages ceased ,
they ceased in
Israel
, until
that I Deborah arose
, that I arose a mother in Israel.
He
chooseth
new gods ,
Then war `is'
at
the gates !
A shield is
not
seen
--
and
a
spear Among forty thousand in Israel .
They
chose
new gods ;
then was
war in
the gates :
was
there
a shield or
spear seen
among forty thousand in Israel ?
My heart `
is '
to
the lawgivers
of Israel, Who
are
offering
themselves willingly among the people ,
Bless ye Jehovah!
My heart is toward
the governors
of Israel, that
offered
themselves willingly among the people .
Bless ye the
LORD.
Riders
on white asses --
Sitters
on
a
long
robe
--
And walkers
by the way --
meditate!
Speak,
ye
that
ride
on white asses ,
ye
that
sit
in
judgment,
and walk
by the way .
By
the voice
of shouters
Between
the places of drawing water, There they give
out
righteous acts of Jehovah
, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel ,
Then ruled
in
the
gates
have
the people of Jehovah
.
They
that
are
delivered
from
the noise
of archers
in
the places of drawing water, there shall
they rehearse
the
righteous acts of the
LORD
, even
the
righteous acts toward
the
inhabitants
of his villages in Israel :
then shall
the people of the
LORD
go
down
to
the
gates
.
Awake, awake, Deborah ;
Awake, awake, utter a song ;
Rise
, Barak, and take
captive
thy captivity, Son of Abinoam.
Awake, awake, Deborah :
awake, awake, utter a song :
arise
, Barak, and lead
thy captivity captive
, thou
son of Abinoam.
Then him who
is
left
of
the honourable
ones
He
caused
to
rule
the people of
Jehovah,
He
caused
me to
rule
among
the mighty.
Then he
made
him that
remaineth
have
dominion
over
the nobles
among
the people :
the
LORD
made
me have
dominion
over
the mighty.
Out of Ephraim their
root `is'
against Amalek .
After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples.
Out of Machir came down lawgivers
, And out of Zebulun those
drawing
with
the reed
of a
writer.
Out of Ephraim was
there
a
root of
them
against Amalek ;
after thee, Benjamin, among thy people;
out of Machir came down governors
, and out of Zebulun they
that
handle
the pen
of the
writer.
And princes in
Issachar `are'
with Deborah ,
Yea,
Issachar `is'
right
with
Barak
, Into
the
valley
he was sent on his
feet
. In
the divisions of Reuben ,
Great `are'
the
decrees
of heart !
And the
princes of
Issachar were
with Deborah ;
even
Issachar, and
also
Barak:
he was sent on foot
into
the
valley
. For
the divisions of Reuben there
were
great thoughts
of heart .
Why hast
thou abode
between
the boundaries
, To hear lowings
of herds
? For the divisions of Reuben ,
Great `are'
the
searchings of heart !
Why abodest
thou among
the sheepfolds
, to hear the
bleatings
of the
flocks
? For the divisions of Reuben there
were
great searchings of heart .
Gilead beyond the
Jordan did
tabernacle,
And Dan
--
why doth
he
sojourn
`
in '
ships? Asher hath
abode
at
the
haven
of
the seas
, And by
his creeks
doth
tabernacle
.
Gilead abode
beyond Jordan :
and why did
Dan
remain
in ships? Asher continued
on
the sea
shore
, and abode
in
his breaches
.
Zebulun `is'
a people who
exposed
its
soul
to
death ,
Naphtali
also
--
on
high places of the field.
Zebulun and
Naphtali
were
a people that
jeoparded
their
lives
unto
the
death in
the
high places of the field.
Kings came --
they
fought ;
Then fought kings of Canaan ,
In Taanach ,
by the waters of Megiddo; Gain of money they
took
not!
The
kings came and
fought ,
then fought the
kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they
took
no
gain of money .
From
the
heavens
they fought :
The stars from
their highways
fought with
Sisera.
They fought from
heaven;
the stars in
their courses
fought against
Sisera.
The brook
Kishon swept them away, The
brook
most
ancient --
the brook
Kishon. Thou
dost
tread
down
strength,
O my soul !
The river
of
Kishon swept them away, that
ancient river,
the river
Kishon. O my soul ,
thou
hast
trodden
down
strength.
Then broken
were the horse-heels,
By pransings --
pransings of its
mighty ones.
Then were the horsehoofs
broken
by the
means
of
the
pransings ,
the
pransings of their
mighty ones.
Curse Meroz --
said a
messenger
of Jehovah,
Cursing
, curse ye its
inhabitants ,
For
they came not to the help of Jehovah
, To the help of Jehovah
among
the mighty !
Curse ye
Meroz ,
said the
angel
of the
LORD
, curse ye bitterly
the
inhabitants thereof;
because
they came not to the help of the
LORD
, to the help of the LORD
against
the
mighty .
Blessed above women is
Jael ,
Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she
is
blessed
.
Blessed above women shall
Jael the
wife of Heber the Kenite be
, blessed
shall
she
be
above women in the tent.
Water
he asked --
milk
she gave; In a lordly dish she
brought
near
butter
.
He asked water,
and
she gave him
milk
; she
brought
forth
butter
in a lordly dish.
Her hand to the pin
she
sendeth
forth
, And her right hand to the labourers'
hammer ,
And she hammered
Sisera --
she smote his head, Yea,
she smote,
and it
passed
through his temple
.
She
put
her hand to the nail
, and her right hand to the workmen's
hammer ;
and with
the
hammer
she smote
Sisera ,
she smote off
his head, when
she had
pierced
and stricken
through his temples
.
Between
her feet he bowed --
He fell, he lay down ;
Between
her feet he bowed, he fell ;
Where he bowed, there he fell --
destroyed
.
At
her feet he bowed ,
he fell, he lay down :
at
her feet he bowed, he fell :
where he bowed, there he fell down
dead
.
Through
the window
she
hath
looked
out
--
Yea,
she
crieth
out
--
the
mother of Sisera, Through the lattice :
Wherefore
is his chariot delaying
to
come
? Wherefore
tarried
have
the steps
of his chariot
?
The mother of Sisera looked
out
at
a
window
, and
cried
through the lattice ,
Why
is his chariot so
long
in
coming
? why
tarry
the wheels
of his chariots
?
The
wise
ones,
her princesses,
answer
her, Yea, she returneth
her
sayings
to herself :
Her wise
ladies
answered
her, yea, she returned
answer
to herself ,
Do
they not find
? --
they apportion
spoil,
A female
--
two females
--
for
every
head,
Spoil
of
finger-work
for
Sisera ,
Spoil
of embroidered
finger-work
, Finger-work
--
a pair
of embroidered
things
, For the necks of the spoil !
Have
they not sped
? have
they not
divided
the
prey;
to
every
man
a damsel
or
two ;
to
Sisera a
prey
of divers
colors
, a prey
of divers
colors
of
needlework
, of
divers
colors
of
needlework
on
both
sides,
meet
for the necks of them
that
take
the spoil ?
So do
all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah,
And
those
loving
Him `are'
As the going
out
of
the
sun in its
might !'
and the land resteth
forty years.
So let
all thine enemies perish, O LORD:
but
let
them
that
love
him be
as the sun when
he
goeth
forth
in his
might .
And the land had
rest
forty years.
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