KJV King James Version
[The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
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Judges 5:7
[The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
WEB World English Bible
The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
ASV American Standard Version
The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Villages ceased in Israel—they ceased, Till that I arose—Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.
Surrounding context — Judges 5
4 LORD, 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 The mountains melted from before the LORD, [even] that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
7 [The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8 They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9 My heart [is] toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
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חָדְל֧וּH2308 · cha.dalto ceaseפְרָז֛וֹןH6520 · pe.ra.zonvillagerבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelחָדֵ֑לּוּH2308 · cha.dalto ceaseעַ֤דH5704 · adtillשַׁקַּ֙מְתִּי֙H6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiדְּבוֹרָ֔הH1683 · de.bo.rahDeborahשַׁקַּ֥מְתִּיH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiאֵ֖םH517 · emmotherבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with [their] face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.2 Samuel 20:19I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?Judges 4:4-6And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.Esther 9:19Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.Romans 16:13Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
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