Verse 31
Judges 5:31
Bible in Basic English
31
So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֵּ֠ן יֹאבְד֤וּ כָל אוֹיְבֶ֨י/ךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה וְ/אֹ֣הֲבָ֔י/ו כְּ/צֵ֥את הַ/שֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ בִּ/גְבֻרָת֑/וֹ וַ/תִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָ/אָ֖רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה
English Translation
Thus all Your enemies, O Lord, shall perish; but Your lovers shall be like the sun when it goes forth in its might, and the land shall enjoy peace for forty years.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
At that time Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, made this song, saying:
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Because of the flowing hair of the fighters in Israel, because the people gave themselves freely, gi...
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Give attention, O kings; give ear, O rulers; I, even I, will make a song to the Lord; I will make me...
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4
Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking...
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5
The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel.
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In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were not used, and trave...
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7
Country towns were no more in Israel, *** were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up...
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They had no one to make arms, there were no more armed men in the towns; was there a body-cover or a...
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9
Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord...
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10
Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.
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11
Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upr...
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12
Awake! awake! Deborah: awake! awake! give a song: Up! Barak, and take prisoner those who took you pr...
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13
Then the chiefs went down to the doors; the Lord's people went down among the strong ones.
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14
Out of Ephraim they came down into the valley; after you, Benjamin, among your tribesmen; from Machi...
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15
Your chiefs, Issachar, were with Deborah; and Naphtali was true to Barak; into the valley they went...
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16
Why did you keep quiet among the sheep, hearing nothing but the watchers piping to the flocks?
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Gilead was living over Jordan; and Dan was waiting in his ships; Asher kept in his place by the sea'...
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18
It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high...
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19
The kings came on to the fight, the kings of Canaan were warring; in Taanach by the waters of Megidd...
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20
The stars from heaven were fighting; from their highways they were fighting against Sisera.
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The river Kishon took them violently away, stopping their flight, the river Kishon. Give praise, O m...
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22
Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses...
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23
A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because th...
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24
Blessings be on Jael, more than on all women! Blessings greater than on any in the tents!
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25
His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.
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She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and she gave Siser...
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27
Bent at her feet he went down, he was stretched out; bent at her feet he went down; where he was ben...
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Looking out from the window she gave a cry, the mother of Sisera was crying out through the window,...
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29
Her wise women gave answer to her, yes, she made answer again to herself,
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30
Are they not getting, are they not parting the goods among them: a young girl or two to every man; a...
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31
So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in...