Judges 5:8

“They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?”

King James Version (KJV)

"They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?" Judges 5:8 KJV Similar Verses Saved Verses

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Judges 5:8 Context

⁵The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. ⁶In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. ⁷The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. ⁸They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? ⁹My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. ¹⁰Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. ¹¹They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

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Translation Details for Judges 5:8

Other Translations for Judges 5:8

They chose new gods; then was warre in the gates: was there a shield or speare seene among fourtie thousand in Israel?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"New gods were chosen; Then war {was} in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
- American Standard Version (1901)

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?
- Basic English Bible

When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- Darby Bible

The Lord chose new wars, and he himself overthrew the gates of the enemies: a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of Israel.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- English Revised Version

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Judges 5:8

Wesley's Notes for Judges 5:8

5:8 Chose - They did not only submit to idolatry when they were forced to it by tyrants, but they freely chose it. New gods - New to them, and unknown to their fathers, and new in comparison of the true and everlasting God of Israel, being but of yesterday. The gates - That is, in their walled cities, which have gates and bars; gates are often put for cities; then their strong holds fell into the hands of their enemies. Was there a shield - There was not, the meaning is not, that all the Israelites had no arms, but, either they had but few arms among them, being many thousands of them disarmed by the Canaanites and Philistines, or that they generally neglected the use of arms, as being without all hope of recovering their liberty.

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