KJV King James Version
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
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Judges 5:21
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
WEB World English Bible
The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
ASV American Standard Version
The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The brook Kishon swept them away, The brook most ancient—the brook Kishon. Thou dost tread down strength, O my soul!
Surrounding context — Judges 5
18 Zebulun and Naphtali [were] a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
19 The kings came [and] fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
23 Curse 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.
24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
נַ֤חַלH5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverקִישׁוֹן֙H7028 · qi.shonKishonגְּרָפָ֔םH1640 · ga.raphto sweep awayנַ֥חַלH5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverקְדוּמִ֖יםH6917 · qa.dumancientנַ֣חַלH5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverקִישׁ֑וֹןH7028 · qi.shonKishonתִּדְרְכִ֥יH1869 · da.rakhto treadנַפְשִׁ֖יH5315 · ne.pheshsoulעֹֽז׃H5797 · ozstrength
Cross-references
Judges 4:7And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.Psalm 44:5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.Micah 7:10Then [she that is] mine enemy shall see [it], and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.Psalm 83:9-10Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:1 Kings 18:40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.Judges 4:13And 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.Genesis 49:18I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.Isaiah 25:10For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
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