Judges 5:7
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
KJV
Cessaverunt fortes in Israël, et quieverunt : donec surgeret Debbora, surgeret mater in Israël.
Vulgate
ἐξέλιπον δυνατοὶ ἐν Ἰσραήλ, ἐξέλιπον, ἕως οὗ ἀναστῇ Δεββωρά, ἕως οὗ ἀναστῇ μήτηρ ἐν Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
ASV
חָדְל֧וּ פְרָז֛וֹן בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חָדֵ֑לּוּ עַ֤ד שַׁ/קַּ֨מְתִּי֙ דְּבוֹרָ֔ה שַׁ/קַּ֥מְתִּי אֵ֖ם בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Hebrew
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In this verse
People
Deborah
In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶחְדָּ֑ל
'chdl
verb · 59×
דְּבוֹרָ֔ה
dbvrh
proper_noun · 10×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
פְרָז֛וֹן
przvn
noun · 2×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The Spirit of God doth manifestly speak in the Old Testament, pronouncing a malediction and curse upon that people where a woman reigneth. And the prophets, by the mouth of Deborah herself, declare that it was shame and confusion for Israel to be governed by a woman, which shame Barak sustained when Deborah went with him to battle.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 20:19 — I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
- Isa 49:23 — And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I