Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 not used, and travellers went by side roads. 7 Country towns were no more in Israel, *** were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel. 8 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?
Cross References
Judges 4:4-6
Now Deborah, a woman prophet, the wife of Lapidoth, was judge of Israel at that time.
2 Samuel 20:19
Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?
Esther 9:19
So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.
Isaiah 49:23
And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.
Romans 16:13
Give my love to Rufus, one of the Lord's selection, and to his mother and mine.