Parallel Verses
Youngs 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.
New American Standard Bible
Then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or a spear was seen
Among forty thousand in Israel.
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?
Holman Bible
then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or spear was seen
among 40,000 in Israel.
International Standard Version
New gods were chosen, then war came to the city gates, but there wasn't a shield or spear to be seen among 40,000 soldiers of Israel.
A Conservative Version
They chose new gods, then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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?
Amplified
“They chose new gods;
Then war was in the gates.
Was there a shield or spear seen
Among forty thousand in Israel?
Bible in Basic English
They had no one to make arms, there were no more armed men in the towns; was there a body-cover or a spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Darby Translation
When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Julia Smith Translation
He will choose new gods; Then war in the gates: If a shield was seen, and a lance, Among forty thousand in Israel
King James 2000
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Lexham Expanded Bible
God chose new [leaders], then war [was at the] gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel.
Modern King James verseion
They chose new gods; then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"God chose new fashions of war, for when they had war at their gates: there was not seen, among forty thousand, either shield or spear in Israel.
NET Bible
God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel.
New Heart English Bible
They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
The Emphasized Bible
They chose gods that were new, Then, - war at the gates! Was there, a shield, to be seen? or a spear? among forty thousand in Israel?
Webster
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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?
Themes
military Arms » Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion
Gates » Of cities » Chief points of attack in war
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » New gods
Shields » Were scarce in israel in the days of deborah and barak
Spears » The israelites » Ill provided with, in the times of deborah and saul
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 5:8
Prayers for Judges 5:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Song Of Deborah And Barak
7 Villages ceased in Israel -- they ceased, Till that I arose -- Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel. 8 He chooseth new gods, Then war is at the gates! A shield is not seen -- and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel. 9 My heart is to the lawgivers of Israel, Who are offering themselves willingly among the people, Bless ye Jehovah!
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:16-17
They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.
Judges 2:12
and forsake Jehovah, God of their fathers, who bringeth them out from the land of Egypt, and go after other gods (of the gods of the peoples who are round about them), and bow themselves to them, and provoke Jehovah,
Judges 2:17
and also unto their judges they have not hearkened, but have gone a-whoring after other gods, and bow themselves to them; they have turned aside with haste out of the way in which their fathers walked to obey the commands of Jehovah -- they have not done so.
Judges 4:3
and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, for he hath nine hundred chariots of iron, and he hath oppressed the sons of Israel mightily twenty years.
1 Samuel 13:19-22
And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, 'Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;'