Font Size
Juges 4
Louis Segond
Juges 4
Louis Segond
4 Les enfants d'Israël firent encore ce qui déplaît à l'Éternel, après qu'Éhud fut mort.
2 Et l'Éternel les vendit entre les mains de Jabin, roi de Canaan, qui régnait à Hatsor. Le chef de son armée était Sisera, et habitait à Haroscheth Goïm.
3 Les enfants d'Israël crièrent à l'Éternel, car Jabin avait neuf cents chars de fer, et il opprimait avec violence les enfants d'Israël depuis vingt ans.
4 Dans ce temps-là, Débora, prophétesse, femme de Lappidoth, était juge en Israël.
5 Elle siégeait sous le palmier de Débora, entre Rama et Béthel, dans la montagne d'Éphraïm; et les enfants d'Israël montaient vers elle pour être jugés.
6 Elle envoya appeler Barak, fils d'Abinoam, de Kédesch Nephthali, et elle lui dit: N'est-ce pas l'ordre qu'a donné l'Éternel, le Dieu d'Israël? Va, dirige-toi sur le mont Thabor, et prends avec toi dix mille hommes des enfants de Nephthali et des enfants de Zabulon;
7 j'attirerai vers toi, au torrent de Kison, Sisera, chef de l'armée de Jabin, avec ses chars et ses troupes, et je le livrerai entre tes mains.
8 Barak lui dit: Si tu viens avec moi, j'irai; mais si tu ne viens pas avec moi, je n'irai pas.
9 Elle répondit: J'irai bien avec toi; mais tu n'auras point de gloire sur la voie où tu marches, car l'Éternel livrera Sisera entre les mains d'une femme. Et Débora se leva, et elle se rendit avec Barak à Kédesch.
10 Barak convoqua Zabulon et Nephthali à Kédesch; dix mille hommes marchèrent à sa suite, et Débora partit avec lui.
11 Héber, le Kénien, s'était séparé des Kéniens, des fils de Hobab, beau-père de Moïse, et il avait dressé sa tente jusqu'au chêne de Tsaannaïm, près de Kédesch.
12 On informa Sisera que Barak, fils d'Abinoam, s'était dirigé sur le mont Thabor.
13 Et, depuis Haroscheth Goïm, Sisera rassembla vers le torrent de Kison tous ses chars, neuf cents chars de fer, et tout le peuple qui était avec lui.
14 Alors Débora dit à Barak: Lève-toi, car voici le jour où l'Éternel livre Sisera entre tes mains. L'Éternel ne marche-t-il pas devant toi? Et Barak descendit du mont Thabor, ayant dix mille hommes à sa suite.
15 L'Éternel mit en déroute devant Barak, par le tranchant de l'épée, Sisera, tous ses chars et tout le camp. Sisera descendit de son char, et s'enfuit à pied.
16 Barak poursuivit les chars et l'armée jusqu'à Haroscheth Goïm; et toute l'armée de Sisera tomba sous le tranchant de l'épée, sans qu'il en restât un seul homme.
17 Sisera se réfugia à pied dans la tente de Jaël, femme de Héber, le Kénien; car il y avait paix entre Jabin, roi de Hatsor, et la maison de Héber, le Kénien.
18 Jaël sortit au-devant de Sisera, et lui dit: Entre, mon seigneur, entre chez moi, ne crains point. Il entra chez elle dans la tente, et elle le cacha sous une couverture.
19 Il lui dit: Donne-moi, je te prie, un peu d'eau à boire, car j'ai soif. Elle ouvrit l'outre du lait, lui donna à boire, et le couvrit.
20 Il lui dit encore: Tiens-toi à l'entrée de la tente, et si l'on vient t'interroger en disant: Y a-t-il ici quelqu'un? tu répondras: Non.
21 Jaël, femme de Héber, saisit un pieu de la tente, prit en main le marteau, s'approcha de lui doucement, et lui enfonça dans la tempe le pieu, qui pénétra en terre. Il était profondément endormi et accablé de fatigue; et il mourut.
22 Comme Barak poursuivait Sisera, Jaël sortit à sa rencontre et lui dit: Viens, et je te montrerai l'homme que tu cherches. Il entra chez elle, et voici, Sisera était étendu mort, le pieu dans la tempe.
23 En ce jour, Dieu humilia Jabin, roi de Canaan, devant les enfants d'Israël.
24 Et la main des enfants d'Israël s'appesantit de plus en plus sur Jabin, roi de Canaan, jusqu'à ce qu'ils eussent exterminé Jabin, roi de Canaan.
Juges 4
La Bible du Semeur
Juges 4
La Bible du Semeur
Débora et Baraq
4 Après la mort d’Ehoud, les Israélites recommencèrent à faire ce que l’Eternel considère comme mal. 2 Alors l’Eternel les livra au pouvoir de Yabîn[a], un roi cananéen qui régnait sur la ville de Hatsor[b]. Le chef de son armée s’appelait Sisera et demeurait à Harosheth-Goyim. 3 Yabîn possédait neuf cents chars bardés de fer et il opprima durement les Israélites pendant vingt ans. Alors ceux-ci implorèrent l’Eternel.
4 A cette époque, Débora, une prophétesse, femme de Lappidoth, administrait la justice en Israël. 5 Elle siégeait sous le palmier qui, depuis lors, porte son nom, entre Rama et Béthel, dans la région montagneuse d’Ephraïm. Les Israélites se rendaient auprès d’elle pour régler leurs litiges. 6 Un jour, elle envoya chercher Baraq[c], fils d’Abinoam, de Qédesh[d] en Nephtali, et lui dit : Voici ce que t’ordonne l’Eternel, le Dieu d’Israël : « Va recruter dix mille hommes dans les tribus de Nephtali et de Zabulon et conduis-les sur le mont Thabor. 7 Je mènerai au torrent de Qishôn Sisera, le chef de l’armée de Yabîn, avec ses chars et ses troupes, et je te donnerai la victoire sur lui. »
8 Baraq répondit à Débora : Si tu m’accompagnes, j’irai ; mais si tu ne viens pas avec moi, je n’irai pas.
9 – Soit, lui répondit-elle, j’irai avec toi ; mais sache que ce n’est pas à toi que reviendra l’honneur de l’expédition que tu vas entreprendre, car c’est entre les mains d’une femme que l’Eternel livrera Sisera.
Débora se mit donc en route pour se rendre avec Baraq à Qédesh. 10 Celui-ci y convoqua les tribus de Zabulon et de Nephtali. Dix mille hommes le suivirent et Débora partit avec lui.
11 A la même époque, Héber le Qénien s’était séparé des autres Qéniens, descendants de Hobab[e], le beau-frère de Moïse, et était venu dresser sa tente près de Qédesh, à côté du chêne de Tsaannaïm[f].
12 Sisera fut informé que Baraq, fils d’Abinoam, était monté sur le mont Thabor. 13 Il mobilisa toutes ses troupes et rassembla les neuf cents chars bardés de fer. Il achemina toute l’armée de Harosheth-Goyim vers le torrent du Qishôn. 14 Alors Débora dit à Baraq : En avant ! C’est aujourd’hui que l’Eternel te donnera la victoire sur Sisera. Il marche lui-même devant toi.
Baraq descendit du mont Thabor à la tête de ses dix mille hommes. 15 Alors l’Eternel mit en déroute Sisera, ses chars et toutes ses troupes, par l’épée devant Baraq. Sisera lui-même abandonna son char et s’enfuit à pied. 16 Mais Baraq poursuivit les chars et l’armée jusqu’à Harosheth-Goyim, et toutes les troupes de Sisera furent massacrées. Pas un homme n’échappa.
17 Sisera s’enfuit à pied jusqu’à la tente de Yaël, la femme de Héber, le Qénien, car la paix avait été conclue entre Yabîn roi de Hatsor et la famille de Héber. 18 Yaël sortit à la rencontre de Sisera et lui dit : Entre, mon seigneur, retire-toi chez moi. Tu n’as rien à craindre ici.
Il la suivit donc dans sa tente, et elle le recouvrit d’une couverture.
19 – Donne-moi, s’il te plaît, un peu d’eau à boire, lui dit-il, car j’ai soif.
Elle ouvrit l’outre de lait, le fit boire et le recouvrit. 20 Il ajouta : Va te poster à l’entrée de la tente, et si l’on vient te demander s’il y a quelqu’un ici, tu répondras : « Personne ! »
21 Puis il s’endormit profondément car il était épuisé. Alors Yaël saisit un piquet de la tente, prit le marteau, se glissa doucement près de lui, et lui enfonça le piquet dans la tempe, et le piquet lui transperça la tête et se planta dans le sol, si bien qu’il mourut. 22 Sur ces entrefaites survint Baraq poursuivant Sisera. Yaël sortit au-devant de lui et lui dit : Viens, je te montrerai l’homme que tu cherches.
Il la suivit et vit Sisera mort, étendu sur le sol, la tempe transpercée du piquet.
23 C’est ainsi que ce jour-là Dieu humilia Yabîn, le roi cananéen, devant les Israélites. 24 Leur pression contre lui devint de plus en plus forte et ils finirent par l’éliminer.
Footnotes
- 4.2 Voir note Jos 11.1.
- 4.2 Hatsor avait été démolie mais avait dû être reconstruite (voir Jos 11.13 ; 12.19 ; 19.36).
- 4.6 Voir Hé 11.32.
- 4.6 Qédesh se situait au nord du pays d’Israël (voir Jos 12.22 ; 19.37 ; 21.32).
- 4.11 Sur Hobab, voir Nb 10.29.
- 4.11 Les Qéniens étaient alliés aux Israélites depuis l’époque de Moïse (voir Ex 3.1). Ils ont combattu avec eux lors de la conquête de Canaan (Jg 1.16 ; voir Nb 10.29-32). Héber a émigré du sud vers le nord du pays et s’est allié aux Cananéens. C’est certainement lui qui a informé Sisera des préparatifs militaires de Baraq.
Judges 4
Names of God Bible
Judges 4
Names of God Bible
The Lord Calls Barak Through Deborah
4 After Ehud died, the people of Israel again did what Yahweh considered evil. 2 So Yahweh used King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled at Hazor, to defeat them. The commander of King Jabin’s army was Sisera, who lived at Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 The people of Israel cried out to Yahweh for help. King Jabin had 900 chariots made of iron and had cruelly oppressed Israel for 20 years.
4 Deborah, wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet. She was the judge in Israel at that time. 5 She used to sit under the Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. The people of Israel would come to her for legal decisions.
6 Deborah summoned Barak, son of Abinoam, from Kedesh in Naphtali. She told him, “Yahweh Elohim of Israel has given you this order: ‘Gather troops on Mount Tabor. Take 10,000 men from Naphtali and Zebulun with you. 7 I will lead Sisera (the commander of Jabin’s army), his chariots, and troops to you at the Kishon River. I will hand him over to you.’”
8 Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I’ll go. But if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”
9 Deborah replied, “Certainly, I’ll go with you. But you won’t win any honors for the way you’re going about this, because Yahweh will use a woman to defeat Sisera.”
Barak Defeats Jabin
So Deborah started out for Kedesh with Barak. 10 Barak called the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali together at Kedesh. Ten thousand men went to fight under his command. Deborah also went along with him.
11 Heber the Kenite had separated from the other Kenites (the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law). Heber went as far away as the oak tree at Zaanannim near Kedesh and set up his tent.
12 The report reached Sisera that Barak, son of Abinoam, had come to fight at Mount Tabor. 13 So Sisera summoned all his chariots (900 chariots made of iron) and all his troops from Harosheth Haggoyim to come to the Kishon River.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Attack! This is the day Yahweh will hand Sisera over to you. Yahweh will go ahead of you.”
So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men behind him. 15 The Lord threw Sisera, all his chariots, and his whole army into a panic in front of Barak’s deadly assault. Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot. 16 Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth Haggoyim. So Sisera’s whole army was killed in combat. Not one man survived.
17 Meanwhile, Sisera fled on foot toward the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. Sisera did this because King Jabin of Hazor and Heber’s family were on peaceful terms. 18 When Jael came out of her tent, she met Sisera. She told him, “Sir, come in here! Come into my tent. Don’t be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she hid him under a tent curtain.
19 Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink. I’m thirsty.” But instead she gave him milk to drink and covered him up again.
20 He said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent. If anyone comes and asks if there has been a man around here, tell them no.”
21 When Sisera had fallen sound asleep from exhaustion, Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and walked quietly toward him with a hammer in her hand. She hammered the tent peg through his temples into the ground. So Sisera died.
22 Barak was still pursuing Sisera. When Jael came out of her tent, she met him. She said to him, “Come in! I have something to show you—the man you’ve been looking for.” So Barak went into her tent. He saw Sisera lying there dead with the tent peg through his temples.
23 So on that day, Elohim used the people of Israel to crush the power of King Jabin of Canaan. 24 The Israelites became stronger and stronger until they destroyed him.
Judges 4
New International Version
Judges 4
New International Version
Deborah
4 Again the Israelites did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord,(B) now that Ehud(C) was dead. 2 So the Lord sold them(D) into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.(E) Sisera,(F) the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron(G) and had cruelly oppressed(H) the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.
4 Now Deborah,(I) a prophet,(J) the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. 5 She held court(K) under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah(L) and Bethel(M) in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. 6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam(N) from Kedesh(O) in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali(P) and Zebulun(Q) and lead them up to Mount Tabor.(R) 7 I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s(S) army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River(T) and give him into your hands.(U)’”
8 Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”
9 “Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.(V) 10 There Barak summoned(W) Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.
11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites,(X) the descendants of Hobab,(Y) Moses’ brother-in-law,[b] and pitched his tent by the great tree(Z) in Zaanannim(AA) near Kedesh.
12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,(AB) 13 Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River(AC) all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.(AD)
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands.(AE) Has not the Lord gone ahead(AF) of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. 15 At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed(AG) Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.
16 Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left.(AH) 17 Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael,(AI) the wife of Heber the Kenite,(AJ) because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor(AK) and the family of Heber the Kenite.
18 Jael(AL) went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
19 “I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk,(AM) gave him a drink, and covered him up.
20 “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’”
21 But Jael,(AN) Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep,(AO) exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.(AP)
22 Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael(AQ) went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.(AR)
23 On that day God subdued(AS) Jabin(AT) king of Canaan before the Israelites. 24 And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.(AU)
Footnotes
- Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging
- Judges 4:11 Or father-in-law
Judges 4
King James Version
Judges 4
King James Version
4 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Louis Segond (LSG)
La Bible du Semeur (BDS)
La Bible Du Semeur (The Bible of the Sower) Copyright © 1992, 1999 by Biblica, Inc.®
Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Names of God Bible (NOG)
The Names of God Bible (without notes) © 2011 by Baker Publishing Group.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.