Judges 5:2–3
Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Praise ye the LORD, for the auenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselues.
Hear, 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.
Heare, O ye kings, giue eare, O ye Princes: I, euen I will sing vnto the LORD, I wil sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
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- Judges 5:9Rank 1 from verse 2
- 2 Chronicles 17:16Rank 2 from verse 2
- Psalms 110:3Rank 3 from verse 2
- Philippians 2:13Rank 4 from verse 2
- 1 Corinthians 9:17Rank 5 from verse 2
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- 2 Corinthians 9:7Rank 7 from verse 2
- 2 Samuel 22:47–48Rank 8 from verse 2
47The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
48It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
47The LORD liueth, and blessed be my rocke: and exalted be the God of the rocke of my saluation.
48It is God that †auengeth mee, and that bringeth downe the people vnder me:
- Deuteronomy 32:43Rank 9 from verse 2
43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
43‖Reioyce, O *ye nations with his people, for he will auenge the blood of his seruants, and will render vengeance to his aduersaries, and wil be mercifull vnto his land, and to his people.
- Nehemiah 11:2Rank 10 from verse 2
- Philemon 1:14Rank 11 from verse 2
- Psalms 136:15Rank 12 from verse 2
- Psalms 136:19–20Rank 13 from verse 2
- Psalms 149:6–9Rank 14 from verse 2
6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
7To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.
6† Let the high praises of God be in their mouth: and a two edged sword in their hand:
7To execute vengeance vpon the heathen: and punishments vpon the people.
8To binde their Kings with chaines: and their Nobles with fetters of yron.
9*To execute vpon them the iudgement written: This honour haue all his Saints. Praise ye the LORD.
- Psalms 18:47Rank 15 from verse 2
- Psalms 48:11Rank 16 from verse 2
- Psalms 94:1Rank 17 from verse 2
- Psalms 97:8Rank 18 from verse 2
- Revelation 16:5–6Rank 19 from verse 2
5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
5And I heard the Angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast iudged thus:
6For they haue shedde the blood of Saints and Prophets, and thou hast giuen them blood to drinke: for they are worthy.
- Revelation 18:20Rank 20 from verse 2
- Revelation 19:2Rank 21 from verse 2
2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
2For true and righteous are his iudgements, for hee hath iudged the great whore which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath auenged the blood of his seruants at her hand.
From verse 3
- Psalms 138:4–5Rank 1 from verse 3
4All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.
4All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD: when they heare the words of thy mouth.
5Yea they shall sing in the wayes of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
21And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
21And I, euen I Artaxerxes the king, doe make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the riuer, that whatsoeuer Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heauen, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
- Psalms 119:46Rank 3 from verse 3
- Psalms 2:10–12Rank 4 from verse 3
10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
10Bee wise now therefore, O yee Kings: be instructed ye Iudges of the earth.
11Serue the LORD with feare, and reioyce with trembling.
12Kisse the Sonne lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little: *Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
- Psalms 49:1–2Rank 5 from verse 3
- 1 Kings 18:22Rank 6 from verse 3
- 1 Kings 19:10Rank 7 from verse 3
10And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
10And hee sayd, I haue beene very iealous for the LORD God of hostes: for the children of Israel haue forsaken thy Couenant, throwen downe thine Altars, and slaine thy Prophets with the sword: and *I, euen I onely am left, and they seeke my life, to take it away.
- 1 Kings 19:14Rank 8 from verse 3
14And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
14And he sayd, I haue beene very iealous for the LORD God of hostes, because the children of Israel haue forsaken thy Couenant, throwen downe thine Altars, and slaine thy Prophets with the sword, and I, euen I onely am left, and they seeke my life, to take it away.
- Deuteronomy 32:1Rank 9 from verse 3
- Deuteronomy 32:3Rank 10 from verse 3
- Exodus 31:6Rank 11 from verse 3
6And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
6And I, behold, I haue giuen with him, Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I haue put wisedome, that they may make all that I haue commanded thee:
- Genesis 6:17Rank 12 from verse 3
17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
17And behold, I, euen I doe bring a flood of waters vpon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life from vnder heauen, and euery thing that is in the earth shall die.
- Genesis 9:9Rank 13 from verse 3
- Judges 5:7Rank 14 from verse 3
- Leviticus 26:28Rank 15 from verse 3
- Psalms 27:6Rank 16 from verse 3
6And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.
6†And now shall mine head be lifted vp aboue mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of ioy, I will sing, yea, I will sing praises vnto the LORD.
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Judges 5:2
1. Commendation, thanksgiving, honour, or good report. 2. To commend, thank, honour, or declare excellence.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of avenge, meaning to vindicate a wrong by bringing just recompense or punishment upon the offender.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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By one's own choice or consent; not by constraint.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of offer, meaning to present, bring, give, propose, or attempt.
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Judges 5:3
Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.
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Rulers, chiefs, or persons of high rank and authority.
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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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To produce musical sounds with the voice; to celebrate, praise, or tell in song.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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1. Commendation, thanksgiving, honour, or good report. 2. To commend, thank, honour, or declare excellence.
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The one true God.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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5:1THEN sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
5:1¶ Then sang Deborah, and Barak the son of Abinoam, on that day, saying,
5:2Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
5:2Praise ye the LORD, for the auenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselues.
Selected passage5:3Hear, 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.
5:3Heare, O ye kings, giue eare, O ye Princes: I, euen I will sing vnto the LORD, I wil sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
Selected passage5:4Lord, 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.
5:4 LORD, *when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heauens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
5:5The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
5:5*The mountaines †melted from before the LORD, euen that *Sinai, from before the LORD God of Israel.
5:6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
5:6In the dayes of *Shamgar the son of Anath, in the dayes of *Iael, the high wayes were vnoccupied, and the †traueilers walked thorow †by-wayes.
5:7The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, vntill that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
5:8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
5:8They chose new gods; then was warre in the gates: was there a shield or speare seene among fourtie thousand in Israel?
5:9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.
5:9My heart is toward the gouernours of Israel, that offered themselues willingly among the people: Blesse ye the LORD.
5:10Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
5:10‖Speake yee that ride on white asses, yee that sit in Iudgement, and walke by the way.
5:11They 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.
5:11 They that are deliuered from the noise of Archers in the places of drawing water; there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, euen the †righteous acts towards the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD goe downe to the gates.
5:12Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
5:12Awake, awake Deborah: awake, awake, vtter a song: arise Barak, and leade thy captiuitie captiue, thou sonne of Abinoam.
5:13Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.
5:13Then hee made him that remaineth, haue dominion ouer the Nobles among the people: the LORD made me haue dominion ouer the mightie.
5:14Out 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.
5:14Out of Ephraim was there a roote of them against Amalek, after thee Beniamin, among thy people: Out of Machir came downe gouernours, and out of Zebulun they that †handle the pen of the writer.
5:15And 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.
5:15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah: euen Issachar, and also Barak, he was sent on †foot into the valley: ‖for the diuisions of Reuben, there were great †thoughts of heart.
5:16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
5:16Why abodest thou among the sheepefolds, to heare the bleatings of the flocks? ‖for the diuisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
5:17Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
5:17Gilead abode beyond Iordan: and why did Dan remaine in ships? Asher continued on the sea ‖shore, and abode in his ‖breaches.
5:18Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
5:18Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that †ieoparded their liues vnto the death, in the high places of the field.
5:19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
5:19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, they tooke no gaine of money.
5:20They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
5:20They fought from heauen, the starres in their †courses fought against Sisera.
5:21The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
5:21The riuer of Kishon swept them away, that ancient riuer, the riuer Kishon: O my soule, thou hast troden downe strength.
5:22Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
5:22Then were the horse hoofes broken, by the meanes of the ‖pransings, the pransings of their mightie ones.
5:23Curse 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.
5:23Curse ye Meroz (said the Angel of the LORD) curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof: because they came not to the helpe of the LORD, to the helpe of the LORD against the mighty.
5:24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
5:24Blessed aboue women shal Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be aboue women in the tent.
5:25He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
5:25He asked water, and she gaue him milke, shee brought foorth butter in a lordly dish.
5:26She 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.
5:26Shee put her hand to the naile, and her right hand to the workemens hammer: and with the hammer shee †smote Sisera, shee smote off his head, when she had pearsed & striken through his temples.
5:27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
5:27†At her feete he bowed, he fell, he lay downe: at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fel down †dead.
5:28The 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?
5:28The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattesse, Why is his charet so long in comming? Why tarie the wheeles of his charets?
5:29Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
5:29Her wise ladies answered her, yea she returned †answere to her selfe,
5:30Have 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?
5:30Haue they not sped? haue they not diuided the pray †to euery man a damosell or two? To Sisera a pray of diuers colours, a pray of diuers colours, of needle worke, of diuers colours of needle worke on both sides, meet †for the necks of them that take the spoile?
5:31So 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.
5:31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that loue him, be as the Sunne when he goeth foorth in his might. And the land had rest fourtie yeeres.