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Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

KJV

In diebus Samgar filii Anath, in diebus Jahel quieverunt semitæ : et qui ingrediebantur per eas, ambulaverunt per calles devios.

Vulgate

ἐν ἡμέραις Σαμεγὰρ υἱοῦ Ἀνάθ, ἐν ἡμέραις Ἰαήλ, ἐξέλιπον ὁδοὺς καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἀτραπούς, ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδοὺς διεστραμμένας.

LXX

In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.

ASV

בִּ/ימֵ֞י שַׁמְגַּ֤ר בֶּן עֲנָת֙ בִּ/ימֵ֣י יָעֵ֔ל חָדְל֖וּ אֳרָח֑וֹת וְ/הֹלְכֵ֣י נְתִיב֔וֹת יֵלְכ֕וּ אֳרָח֖וֹת עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחְדָּ֑ל
'chdl
verb · 59×
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
י
y
noun · 26×
יָעֵ֔ל
y'l
proper_noun · 6×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
עֲנָ֔ת
'nt
proper_noun · 2×
עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת
'qlqlvt
adjective · 2×
שַׁמְגַּ֣ר
shmgr
proper_noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 15:5 — And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
  • Ezek 35:7 — Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
  • Isa 33:8 — The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
  • Isa 33:8 — The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
  • Judg 3:31 — And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
  • Judg 3:31 — And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
  • Lam 1:4 — The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
  • Lev 26:22 — I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
  • Lev 26:22 — I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.