Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
New American Standard Bible
Until I, Deborah, arose,
Until I arose, a mother in Israel.
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.
Holman Bible
they were deserted in Israel,
until I, Deborah,
a mother in Israel.
International Standard Version
Rural populations plummeted in Israel; until I, Deborah, arose; until I an Israeli mother arose.
American Standard Version
The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
Amplified
“The villagers ceased to be; they ceased in Israel
Until I, Deborah, arose,
Until I arose, a mother in Israel.
Bible in Basic English
Country towns were no more in Israel, *** were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel.
Darby Translation
The peasantry ceased in Israel, they ceased until you arose, Deb'orah, arose as a mother in Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
The rulers ceased in Israel: they ceased Till I, Deborah, arose: I arose a mother in Israel.
King James 2000
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The warriors ceased; they failed to appear in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose; I arose [as] a mother in Israel.
Modern King James verseion
The leaders ceased in Israel, they ceased until I, Deborah, arose; until I arose, a mother in Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The villages were uninhabited in Israel; were uninhabited until I, Deborah, arose; until I arose a mother in Israel.
NET Bible
Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.
New Heart English Bible
The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
There was a failure of rulers, in Israel, a failure, - until I arose, a Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel: -
Webster
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
World English Bible
The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
Villages ceased in Israel -- they ceased, Till that I arose -- Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.
Themes
Deborah » The prophetess, a judge of israel
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Acting as judges
Interlinear
Chadal
Chadal
Quwm
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 5:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Song Of Deborah And Barak
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways. 7 The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods, then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Cross References
Judges 4:4-6
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
2 Samuel 20:19
I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. Thou seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will thou swallow up the inheritance of LORD?
Esther 9:19
Therefore the Jews of the villages, who dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers. They shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet. And thou shall know that I am LORD, and those who wait for me s
Romans 16:13
Salute Rufus the chosen in Lord, and his mother and mine.