Judges 5:7
What does Judges 5:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 5:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Country towns were no more in Israel, *** were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Villages ceased in Israel--they ceased, Till that I arose--Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel: until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The villages ceased in Israel, Ceased until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 9:19
Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
- 2 Samuel 20:19
I am 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 Jehovah?
- Romans 16:13
Salute Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
- Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
- Judges 4:4
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.