KJV King James Version
They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 5:8
They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
WEB World English Bible
They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
ASV American Standard Version
They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He chooseth new gods, Then war is at the gates! A shield is not seen—and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.
Surrounding context — Judges 5
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.
11 [They that are delivered] from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, [even] the righteous acts [toward the inhabitants] of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
יִבְחַר֙H977 · ba.charto chooseאֱלֹהִ֣יםH430 · e.lo.himGodחֲדָשִׁ֔יםH2319 · cha.dashNew (Gate)אָ֖זH227 · azthenלָחֶ֣םH3901 · la.chemwarשְׁעָרִ֑יםH8179 · sha.argateמָגֵ֤ןH4043 · ma.genshieldאִם־H518 · imifיֵֽרָאֶה֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוָרֹ֔מַחH7420 · ro.machspearבְּאַרְבָּעִ֥יםH705 · ar.ba.imfortyאֶ֖לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 32:16-17They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger.Judges 2:17And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.Judges 2:12And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that [were] round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.Judges 4:3And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.1 Samuel 13:19-22Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make [them] swords or spears:
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