Parallel Verses
American Standard 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.
A Conservative 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 travellers 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 was war 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 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 Jehovah?
Esther 9:19
Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that 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 shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Romans 16:13
Salute Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.