Verse 9

Judges 5:9

Geneva Bible

9 Mine heart is set on the gouernours of Israel, and on them that are willing among the people: praise ye the Lord.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לִבִּ/י֙ לְ/חוֹקְקֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַ/מִּֽתְנַדְּבִ֖ים בָּ/עָ֑ם בָּרֲכ֖וּ יְהוָֽה
English Translation
My heart is for the lawgivers of Israel who willingly give among the people; may the Lord bless.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1 Then sang Deborah, and Barak the sonne of Abinoam the same day, saying, Focus ↗
2 Praise ye the Lord for the auenging of Israel, and for the people that offred themselues willingly. Focus ↗
3 Heare, ye Kings, hearken ye princes: I, euen I will sing vnto the Lord: I will sing praise vnto the... Focus ↗
4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou departedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembl... Focus ↗
5 The mountaines melted before the Lord, as did that Sinai before the Lord God (Elohim) of Israel. Focus ↗
6 In the dayes of Shamgar the sonne of Anath, in the dayes of Iael the hie wayes were vnoccupied, and... Focus ↗
7 The townes were not inhabited: they decayed, I say, in Israel, vntill I Deborah came vp, which rose... Focus ↗
8 They chose new gods: then was warre in the gates. Was there a shielde or speare seene among fourtie... Focus ↗
9 Mine heart is set on the gouernours of Israel, and on them that are willing among the people: praise...
10 Speake ye that ride on white asses, yee that dwel by Middin, and that walke by the way. Focus ↗
11 For the noyse of the archers appaised among the drawers of water: there shall they rehearse the righ... Focus ↗
12 Vp Deborah, vp, arise, and sing a song: arise Barak, and leade thy captiuitie captiue, thou sonne of... Focus ↗
13 For they that remaine, haue dominio ouer the mightie of the people: the Lord hath giuen me dominion... Focus ↗
14 Of Ephraim their roote arose against Amalek: and after thee, Beniamin shall fight against thy people... Focus ↗
15 And the Princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar, and also Barak: he was set on his feete... Focus ↗
16 Why abodest thou among the sheepefolds, to heare the bleatings of the flockes? for the diuisions of... Focus ↗
17 Gilead abode beyonde Iorden: and why doeth Dan remayne in shippes? Asher sate on the sea shoare, and... Focus ↗
18 But the people of Zebulun and Naphtali haue ieopard their liues vnto the death in the hie places of... Focus ↗
19 The Kings came and fought: then fought the Kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they... Focus ↗
20 They fought from heauen, euen the starres in their courses fought against Sisera. Focus ↗
21 The Riuer Kishon swepe them away, that ancient riuer the riuer Kishon. O my soule, thou hast marched... Focus ↗
22 Then were the horsehooues broken with the oft beating together of their mightie men. Focus ↗
23 Curse ye Meroz: (sayd the Angel of the Lord) curse the inhabitantes thereof, because they came not t... Focus ↗
24 Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite shall be blessed aboue other women: blessed shall she be aboue wom... Focus ↗
25 He asked water, and shee gaue him milke: she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Focus ↗
26 She put her hand to the naile, and her right hand to the workemans hammer: with the hammer smote she... Focus ↗
27 He bowed him downe at her feete, he fell downe, and lay still: at her feete hee bowed him downe, and... Focus ↗
28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a windowe, and cryed thorowe the lattesse, Why is his charet so l... Focus ↗
29 Her wise ladies answered her, Yea. Shee answered her selfe with her owne wordes, Focus ↗
30 Haue they not gotten, and they deuide the spoyle? euery man hath a mayde or two. Sisera hath a praye... Focus ↗
31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but they that loue him, shall be as the Sunne when he riset... Focus ↗