KJV King James Version
And 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.
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Judges 4:14
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
WEB World English Bible
Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into thy hand; is not Jehovah gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Deborah saith unto Barak, ‘Rise, for this is the day in which Jehovah hath given Sisera into thy hand; hath not Jehovah gone out before thee?’ And Barak goeth down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Surrounding context — Judges 4
11 Now 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.
12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 And 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.
14 And 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.
15 And 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.
16 But 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.
17 Howbeit 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתֹּאמֶר֩H559 · a.marto sayדְּבֹרָ֨הH1683 · de.bo.rahDeborahאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בָּרָ֜קH1301 · ba.raqBarakק֗וּםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforזֶ֤הH2088 · zehthisהַיּוֹם֙H3117 · yomdayאֲשֶׁר֩H834 · a.sherwhichנָתַ֨ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveיְהוָ֤הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]סִֽיסְרָא֙H5516 · sis.raSiseraבְּיָדֶ֔ךָH3027 · yadhandהֲלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDיָצָ֣אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeלְפָנֶ֑יךָH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוַיֵּ֤רֶדH3381 · ya.radto go downבָּרָק֙H1301 · ba.raqBarakמֵהַ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountתָּב֔וֹרH8396 · ta.vor(Mount) Taborוַעֲשֶׂ֧רֶתH6235 · e.sertenאֲלָפִ֛יםH505 · e.lephthousandאִ֖ישׁH376 · ishmanאַחֲרָֽיו׃H310 · a.charafter
Cross-references
2 Samuel 5:24And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.Deuteronomy 9:3Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God [is] he which goeth over before thee; [as] a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.Isaiah 52:12For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel [will be] your rereward.Psalm 68:7-8O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:Genesis 44:4[And] when they were gone out of the city, [and] not [yet] far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?1 Samuel 9:26And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.Micah 2:13The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.Joshua 7:13Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [There is] an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.Genesis 19:14And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.Judges 19:28And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her [up] upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
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