Judges · Majority Standard Bible
Judges 5 Majority Standard Bible
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1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
1 Y AQUEL día cantó Débora, con Barac, hijo de Abinoam, diciendo:
2 “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
2 Porque ha vengado las injurias de Israel, porque el pueblo se ha ofrecido de su voluntad, load á Jehová.
3 Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
3 Oid, reyes; estad, oh príncipes, atentos: yo cantaré á Jehová, cantaré salmos á Jehová Dios de Israel.
4 O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
4 Cuando saliste de Seir, oh Jehová, cuando te apartaste del campo de Edom, la tierra tembló, y los cielos destilaron, y las nubes gotearon aguas.
5 The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
5 Los montes se derritieron delante de Jehová, aqueste Sinaí, delante de Jehová Dios de Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
6 En los días de Samgar hijo de Anath, en los días de Jael, cesaron los caminos, y los que andaban por las sendas apartábanse por torcidos senderos.
7 Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
7 Las aldeas habían cesado en Israel, habían decaído; hasta que yo Débora me levanté, me levanté madre en Israel.
8 When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
8 En escogiendo nuevos dioses, la guerra estaba á las puertas: ¿se veía escudo ó lanza entre cuarenta mil en Israel?
9 My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
9 Mi corazón está por los príncipes de Israel, los que con buena voluntad se ofrecieron entre el pueblo: load á Jehová.
10 You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
10 Vosotros los que cabalgáis en asnas blancas, los que presidís en juicio, y vosotros los que viajáis, hablad.
11 the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
11 Lejos del ruido de los archeros, en los abrevaderos, allí repetirán las justicias de Jehová, las justicias de sus villas en Israel; entonces bajará el pueblo de Jehová á las puertas.
12 ‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’
12 Despierta, despierta, Débora; despierta, despierta, profiere un cántico. Levántate, Barac, y lleva tus cautivos, hijo de Abinoam.
13 Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
13 Entonces ha hecho que el que quedó del pueblo, señoree á los magníficos: Jehová me hizo enseñorear sobre los fuertes.
14 Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
14 De Ephraim [salió] su raíz contra Amalec tras ti, Benjamín, contra tus pueblos; de Machîr descendieron príncipes, y de Zabulón los que solían manejar punzón de escribiente.
15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
15 Príncipes también de Issachâr fueron con Débora; y como Issachâr, también Barac se puso á pie en el valle. De las divisiones de Rubén hubo grandes impresiones del corazón.
16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
16 ¿Por qué te quedaste entre las majadas, para oir los balidos de los rebaños? De las divisiones de Rubén grandes fueron las disquisiciones del corazón.
17 Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
17 Galaad se quedó de la otra parte del Jordán: y Dan ¿por qué se estuvo junto á los navíos? Mantúvose Aser á la ribera de la mar, y quedóse en sus puertos.
18 Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
18 El pueblo de Zabulón expuso su vida á la muerte, y Nephtalí en las alturas del campo.
19 Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
19 Vinieron reyes y pelearon: entonces pelearon los reyes de Canaán en Taanac, junto á las aguas de Megiddo, mas no llevaron ganancia alguna de dinero.
20 From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
20 De los cielos pelearon: las estrellas desde sus órbitas pelearon contra Sísara.
21 The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
21 Barriólos el torrente de Cisón, el antiguo torrente, el torrente de Cisón. Hollaste, oh alma mía, con fortaleza.
22 Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
22 Despalmáronse entonces las uñas de los caballos por las arremetidas, por los brincos de sus valientes.
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
23 Maldecid á Meroz, dijo el ángel de Jehová: maldecid severamente á sus moradores, porque no vinieron en socorro á Jehová, en socorro á Jehová contra los fuertes.
24 Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
24 Bendita sea entre las mujeres Jael, mujer de Heber Cineo; sobre las mujeres bendita sea en la tienda.
25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
25 El pidió agua, y dióle ella leche; en tazón de nobles le presentó manteca.
26 She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
26 Su mano tendió á la estaca, y su diestra al mazo de trabajadores; y majó á Sísara, hirió su cabeza, llagó y atravesó sus sienes.
27 At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
27 Cayó encorvado entre sus pies, quedó tendido: entre sus pies cayó encorvado; donde se encorvó, allí cayó muerto.
28 Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
28 La madre de Sísara se asoma á la ventana, y por entre las celosías á voces dice: ¿Por qué se detiene su carro, que no viene? ¿por qué las ruedas de sus carros se tardan?
29 Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
29 Las más avisadas de sus damas le respondían; y aun ella se respondía á sí misma.
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
30 ¿No han hallado despojos, [y los] están repartiendo? á cada uno una moza, ó dos: los despojos de colores para Sísara, los despojos bordados de colores: [la ropa] de color bordada de ambos lados, para los cuellos de [los que han tomado] los despojos.
31 So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
31 Así perezcan todos tus enemigos, oh Jehová: mas los que le aman, sean como el sol cuando nace en su fuerza. Y la tierra reposó cuarenta años.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abinoam
Named as the father of Barak of Kedesh in Naphtali.
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:6; Judges 4:12; Judges 5:1
Anath
Named only as the father of the judge Shamgar.
Cited in the guide: Judges 3:31; Judges 5:6
Barak
Son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali whom Deborah summoned to lead ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun against Sisera, and who sang Deborah's song with her.
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:6; Judges 4:14; Judges 5:1
Deborah
Prophetess and wife of Lappidoth who judged Israel from under the Palm of Deborah in the hill country of Ephraim, summoned Barak to fight Sisera, and sang the victory song with…
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:4; Judges 4:9; Judges 5:1
Heber
Kenite who had separated from the descendants of Hobab, pitched his tent near Kedesh, and was at peace with Jabin king of Hazor, and whose wife Jael killed Sisera.
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:11; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:24
Jael
Wife of Heber the Kenite who gave the fleeing Sisera shelter and killed him with a tent peg, and whom Deborah's song calls most blessed among tent-dwelling women.
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:17; Judges 4:21; Judges 5:6
Shamgar
Son of Anath who saved Israel by striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad, and whose days are recalled in Deborah's song.
Cited in the guide: Judges 3:31; Judges 5:6
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 15:1; Revelation 15:3–4; Isaiah 12:1–6; Psalm 18:1; Revelation 19:1–3
- 2 Judges 5:9; Psalm 110:3; 2 Chronicles 17:16; Philippians 2:13; Psalm 136:19–20
- 3 Psalm 138:4–5; Psalm 119:46; Psalm 2:10–12; Psalm 49:1–2; Ezra 7:21
- 4 Deuteronomy 33:2; Psalm 77:17; Psalm 68:7–8; Psalm 18:7–15; Job 9:6
- 5 Exodus 19:18; Psalm 97:5; Nahum 1:5; Isaiah 64:1–3; Hebrews 12:18
- 6 Isaiah 33:8; Judges 3:31; Lamentations 1:4; Leviticus 26:22; Psalm 125:5
- 7 2 Samuel 20:19; Isaiah 49:23; Romans 16:13; Esther 9:19; Judges 4:4–6
- 8 Deuteronomy 32:16–17; Judges 2:17; Judges 2:12; Judges 4:3; 1 Samuel 13:19–22
- 9 Judges 5:2; 2 Corinthians 8:3–4; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 2 Corinthians 9:5; 2 Corinthians 8:17
- 10 Judges 12:14; Judges 10:4; Psalm 105:2; Psalm 145:11; Isaiah 28:6
- 11 Micah 6:5; Judges 5:8; 1 Samuel 12:7; Deuteronomy 22:24; Lamentations 5:9
- 12 Ephesians 4:8; Psalm 68:18; Psalm 57:8; 2 Timothy 2:26; Ephesians 5:14
- 13 Revelation 2:26–27; Psalm 75:7; Isaiah 41:15–16; Romans 8:37; Revelation 3:9
- 14 Numbers 32:39–40; Judges 3:13; Judges 12:15; Judges 3:27; Judges 4:10
- 15 Judges 4:14; Judges 4:10; Proverbs 22:13; Judges 4:6; 1 Chronicles 12:32
- 16 Numbers 32:24; Numbers 32:1–5; Lamentations 3:40–41; Psalm 4:4; Psalm 77:6
- 17 Joshua 13:25; Joshua 19:24–31; Joshua 13:31
- 18 Judges 4:10; Judges 4:6; Judges 4:14; Acts 20:24; Esther 4:16
- 19 Judges 5:30; Judges 1:27; 1 Kings 4:12; Joshua 10:22–27; Revelation 19:19
- 20 Joshua 10:11; Judges 4:15; Psalm 77:17–18; 1 Samuel 7:10
- 21 Judges 4:7; Psalm 44:5; Micah 7:10; 1 Kings 18:40; Judges 4:13
- 22 Jeremiah 47:4; Psalm 33:17; Psalm 147:10–11; Micah 4:13; Psalm 20:7
- 23 1 Corinthians 16:22; 1 Samuel 18:17; Judges 21:9–10; Jeremiah 48:10; 1 Corinthians 3:9
- 24 Luke 1:42; Luke 1:28; Genesis 14:19; Judges 4:17; Proverbs 31:31
- 25 Judges 4:19–21
- 26 1 Samuel 17:49–51; Judges 4:21; 2 Samuel 20:22
- 27 Psalm 52:7; James 2:13; Matthew 7:2
- 28 Judges 4:15; Song of Songs 2:9; 2 Kings 1:2; James 5:7; Proverbs 7:6
- 30 Exodus 15:9; Psalm 45:14; Job 20:5; Genesis 37:3; 2 Samuel 13:18
- 31 Psalm 37:6; 2 Samuel 23:4; Psalm 19:4–5; Psalm 91:14; James 1:12
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences