Judges 5
- 1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
- 2Praise the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
- 3Hear, O you kings. Listen, O you princes. I, even I, will sing to the Lord. I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
- 4Lord, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
- 5The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
- 6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
- 7The people of the villages stopped, they stopped in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
- 8They chose new gods, then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- 9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the Lord.
- 10Speak, you that ride on white donkeys, you that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
- 11Those who are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there they shall rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the people of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
- 12Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, sing a song: arise, Barak, and lead your captivity captive, you son of Abinoam.
- 13Then he made him who remains rule over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me rule over the mighty.
- 14Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek, after you, Benjamin, among your people. Out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun those who handle the pen of the writer.
- 15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah. Even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
- 16Why did you stay among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleating of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searching of heart.
- 17Gilead stayed beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and stayed by his harbors.
- 18Zebulun and Naphtali were a people who risked their lives to the death in the high places of the field.
- 19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no gain of money.
- 20They fought from heaven, the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
- 21The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, you have trampled down strength.
- 22Then the horses' hooves pounded as their mighty horses galloped.
- 23Curse you Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse you bitterly its people. Because they did not come to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
- 24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- 25He asked water, and she gave him milk. She brought out butter in a bowl fit for nobles.
- 26She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
- 27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
- 28The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why stay the wheels of his chariots?
- 29Her wise ladies answered her, yes, she returned answer to herself,
- 30Have they not sped? Have they not divided the prey, to every man a girl or two. To Sisera a prey of various colors, a prey of various colors of needlework, of various colors of needlework on both sides, fitting for the necks of those who take the plunder?
- 31So let all your enemies perish, O Lord: but let those who love him be as the sun when he goes out in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
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 5 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVPraise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
GIGAKJVPraise the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
KJVHear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
GIGAKJVHear, O you kings. Listen, O you princes. I, even I, will sing to the Lord. I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
KJVLord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
GIGAKJVLord, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
KJVThe inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
GIGAKJVThe people of the villages stopped, they stopped in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
KJVThey chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
GIGAKJVThey chose new gods, then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
KJVMy heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.
GIGAKJVMy heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the Lord.
KJVSpeak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
GIGAKJVSpeak, you that ride on white donkeys, you that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
KJVThey that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
GIGAKJVThose who are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there they shall rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the people of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
KJVAwake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
GIGAKJVAwake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, sing a song: arise, Barak, and lead your captivity captive, you son of Abinoam.
KJVThen he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.
GIGAKJVThen he made him who remains rule over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me rule over the mighty.
KJVOut of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
GIGAKJVOut of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek, after you, Benjamin, among your people. Out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun those who handle the pen of the writer.
KJVAnd the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
GIGAKJVAnd the princes of Issachar were with Deborah. Even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
KJVWhy abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
GIGAKJVWhy did you stay among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleating of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searching of heart.
KJVGilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
GIGAKJVGilead stayed beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and stayed by his harbors.
KJVZebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
GIGAKJVZebulun and Naphtali were a people who risked their lives to the death in the high places of the field.
KJVThe kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
GIGAKJVThe kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no gain of money.
KJVThey fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
GIGAKJVThey fought from heaven, the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
KJVThe river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
GIGAKJVThe river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, you have trampled down strength.
KJVThen were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
GIGAKJVThen the horses' hooves pounded as their mighty horses galloped.
KJVCurse 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.
GIGAKJVCurse you Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse you bitterly its people. Because they did not come to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
KJVHe asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
GIGAKJVHe asked water, and she gave him milk. She brought out butter in a bowl fit for nobles.
KJVShe put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
GIGAKJVShe put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
KJVThe mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
GIGAKJVThe mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why stay the wheels of his chariots?
KJVHer wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
GIGAKJVHer wise ladies answered her, yes, she returned answer to herself,
KJVHave they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
GIGAKJVHave they not sped? Have they not divided the prey, to every man a girl or two. To Sisera a prey of various colors, a prey of various colors of needlework, of various colors of needlework on both sides, fitting for the necks of those who take the plunder?
KJVSo let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
GIGAKJVSo let all your enemies perish, O Lord: but let those who love him be as the sun when he goes out in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
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