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Judges 5:16-23
New International Version
Judges 5:16-23
New International Version
16 Why did you stay among the sheep pens[a](A)
to hear the whistling for the flocks?(B)
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
17 Gilead(C) stayed beyond the Jordan.
And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher(D) remained on the coast(E)
and stayed in his coves.
18 The people of Zebulun(F) risked their very lives;
so did Naphtali(G) on the terraced fields.(H)
19 “Kings came(I), they fought,
the kings of Canaan fought.
At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo,(J)
they took no plunder of silver.(K)
20 From the heavens(L) the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 The river Kishon(M) swept them away,
the age-old river, the river Kishon.
March on, my soul; be strong!(N)
22 Then thundered the horses’ hooves—
galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.(O)
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord.
‘Curse its people bitterly,
because they did not come to help the Lord,
to help the Lord against the mighty.’
Footnotes
- Judges 5:16 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags
Judges 5:16-23
King James Version
Judges 5:16-23
King James Version
16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
23 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.
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