Judges 5 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Cecineruntque Debbora et Barac filius Abinoëm in illo die, dicentes:
1 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
2 [Qui sponte obtulistis de Israël animas vestras ad periculum, benedicite Domino.
2 “Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!
3 Audite, reges; auribus percipite, principes: ego sum, ego sum, quæ Domino canam, psallam Domino Deo Israël.
3 “Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, even I, will sing to Yahweh. I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
4 Domine, cum exires de Seir, et transires per regiones Edom, terra mota est, cælique ac nubes distillaverunt aquis.
4 “Yahweh, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
5 Montes fluxerunt a facie Domini, et Sinai a facie Domini Dei Israël.
5 The mountains quaked at Yahweh’s presence, even Sinai at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
6 In diebus Samgar filii Anath, in diebus Jahel quieverunt semitæ: et qui ingrediebantur per eas, ambulaverunt per calles devios.
6 “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.
7 Cessaverunt fortes in Israël, et quieverunt: donec surgeret Debbora, surgeret mater in Israël.
7 The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
8 Nova bella elegit Dominus, et portas hostium ipse subvertit: clypeus et hasta si apparuerint in quadraginta millibus Israël.]
8 They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9 [Cor meum diligit principes Israël: qui propria voluntate obtulistis vos discrimini, benedicite Domino.
9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh!
10 Qui ascenditis super nitentes asinos, et sedetis in judicio, et ambulatis in via, loquimini.
10 “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
11 Ubi collisi sunt currus, et hostium suffocatus est exercitus, ibi narrentur justitiæ Domini, et clementia in fortes Israël: tunc descendit populus Domini ad portas, et obtinuit principatum.
11 Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse Yahweh’s righteous acts, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. “Then Yahweh’s people went down to the gates.
12 Surge, surge Debbora; surge, surge, et loquere canticum: surge Barac, et apprehende captivos tuos, fili Abinoëm.
12 ‘Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’
13 Salvatæ sunt reliquiæ populi: Dominus in fortibus dimicavit.
13 “Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down. Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.
14 Ex Ephraim delevit eos in Amalec, et post eum ex Benjamin in populos tuos, o Amalec: de Machir principes descenderunt, et de Zabulon qui exercitum ducerent ad bellandum.
14 Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.
15 Duces Issachar fuere cum Debbora, et Barac vestigia sunt secuti, qui quasi in præceps ac barathrum se discrimini dedit: diviso contra se Ruben, magnanimorum reperta est contentio.
15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.
16 Quare habitas inter duos terminos, ut audias sibilos gregum? diviso contra se Ruben, magnanimorum reperta est contentio.
16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben, there were great searchings of heart.
17 Galaad trans Jordanem quiescebat, et Dan vacabat navibus: Aser habitabat in littore maris, et in portubus morabatur.
17 Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.
18 Zabulon vero et Nephthali obtulerunt animas suas morti in regione Merome.]
18 Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
19 [Venerunt reges et pugnaverunt: pugnaverunt reges Chanaan in Thanach juxta aquas Mageddo, et tamen nihil tulere prædantes.
19 “The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
20 De cælo dimicatum est contra eos: stellæ manentes in ordine et cursu suo, adversus Sisaram pugnaverunt.
20 From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
21 Torrens Cison traxit cadavera eorum, torrens Cadumim, torrens Cison: conculca, anima mea, robustos.
21 The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
22 Ungulæ equorum ceciderunt, fugientibus impetu, et per præceps ruentibus fortissimis hostium.
22 Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
23 Maledicite terræ Meroz, dixit angelus Domini: maledicite habitatoribus ejus, quia non venerunt ad auxilium Domini, in adjutorium fortissimorum ejus.]
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.’
24 [Benedicta inter mulieres Jahel uxor Haber Cinæi, et benedicatur in tabernaculo suo.
24 “Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25 Aquam petenti lac dedit, et in phiala principum obtulit butyrum.
25 He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
26 Sinistram manum misit ad clavum, et dexteram ad fabrorum malleos. Percussitque Sisaram quærens in capite vulneri locum, et tempus valide perforans:
26 She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
27 inter pedes ejus ruit; defecit, et mortuus est: volvebatur ante pedes ejus, et jacebat exanimis et miserabilis.
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28 Per fenestram respiciens, ululabat mater ejus: et de cœnaculo loquebatur: Cur moratur regredi currus ejus? quare tardaverunt pedes quadrigarum illius?
28 “Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’
29 Una sapientior ceteris uxoribus ejus, hæc socrui verba respondit:
29 Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
30 Forsitan nunc dividit spolia, et pulcherrima feminarum eligitur ei: vestes diversorum Sisaræ traduntur in prædam, et supellex varia ad ornanda colla congeritur.
30 ‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’
31 Sic pereant omnes inimici tui, Domine: qui autem diligunt te, sicut sol in ortu suo splendet, ita rutilent.]
31 “So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
32 Quievitque terra per quadraginta annos.
32 Not in this translation
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