Judges 5:8
What does Judges 5:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 5:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
KJV
King James Version · 1611They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They had no one to make arms, there were no more armed men in the towns; was there a body-cover or a spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He chooseth new gods, Then war <FI>is<Fi> at the gates! A shield is not seen--and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The Lord chose new wars, and he himself overthrew the gates of the enemies: a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of Israel.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They chose newgods; then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 2:17
And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so.
- Judges 2:12
and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger.
- Judges 4:3
And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 32:16
They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
- 1 Samuel 13:19
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: