Judges 4
- 1And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
- 2And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor, the captain of whose host was Sisera, which lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
- 3And the children of Israel cried to the Lord. For he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and twenty years he cruelly oppressed the children of Israel.
- 4And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
- 5And she lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
- 6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said to him, Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
- 7And I will draw to you to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his army. I will deliver him into your hand.
- 8And Barak said to her, If you will go with me, then I will go: but if you will not go with me, then I will not go.
- 9And she said, I will surely go with you: but the journey that you take shall not be for your honor. For the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
- 10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. He went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
- 11Now Heber the Kenite, who was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent to the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
- 12And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to mount Tabor.
- 13And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles to the river of Kishon.
- 14And Deborah said to Barak, Up. For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand: is not the Lord gone out before you? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
- 15And the Lord defeated Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak, so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
- 16But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the army of Sisera fell on the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.
- 17However 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.
- 18And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me. Do not fear. And when he had turned in to her into the tent, she covered him with a cloak.
- 19And he said to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water to drink. For I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
- 20Again he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man does come and ask you, and say, Is there any man here? That you shall say, No.
- 21Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground. For he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
- 22And as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man who you seek. And when he came into her tent Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
- 23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
- 24And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and overcame Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Judges 4 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor, the captain of whose host was Sisera, which lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the children of Israel cried to the Lord. For he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and twenty years he cruelly oppressed the children of Israel.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd she lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said to him, Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd I will draw to you to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his army. I will deliver him into your hand.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Barak said to her, If you will go with me, then I will go: but if you will not go with me, then I will not go.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd she said, I will surely go with you: but the journey that you take shall not be for your honor. For the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
KJVAnd Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
GIGAKJVAnd Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. He went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
KJVNow 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.
GIGAKJVNow Heber the Kenite, who was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent to the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
KJVAnd they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
GIGAKJVAnd they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to mount Tabor.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles to the river of Kishon.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Deborah said to Barak, Up. For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand: is not the Lord gone out before you? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord defeated Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak, so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the army of Sisera fell on the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.
KJVHowbeit 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.
GIGAKJVHowever 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.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me. Do not fear. And when he had turned in to her into the tent, she covered him with a cloak.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he said to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water to drink. For I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
KJVAgain 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.
GIGAKJVAgain he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man does come and ask you, and say, Is there any man here? That you shall say, No.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground. For he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
KJVAnd, 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.
GIGAKJVAnd as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man who you seek. And when he came into her tent Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
KJVAnd the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
GIGAKJVAnd the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and overcame Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
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