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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?

KJV

Nova bella elegit Dominus, et portas hostium ipse subvertit : clypeus et hasta si apparuerint in quadraginta millibus Israël.

Vulgate

ἐξελέξαντο θεοὺς καινούς, ὅτε ἐπολέμησαν πόλεις ἀρχόντων· θυρεὸς ἐὰν ὀφθῇ καὶ λόγχη ἐν τεσσεράκοντα χιλιάσιν ἐν Ἰσραήλ.

LXX

They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?

ASV

יִבְחַר֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים אָ֖ז לָחֶ֣ם שְׁעָרִ֑ים מָגֵ֤ן אִם יֵֽרָאֶה֙ וָ/רֹ֔מַח בְּ/אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
חָדָ֔שׁ
chdsh
adjective · 52×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לָחֶ֣ם
lchm
noun · 1×
מָגֵ֣ן
mgn
noun · 62×
רֹ֑מַח
rmch
noun · 14×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 13:19 — Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
  • 1Sam 13:22 — So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was the
  • Deut 32:16 — They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
  • Deut 32:17 — They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
  • Isa 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he
  • Judg 2:12 — And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto th
  • Judg 2:17 — And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying th
  • 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 5:11 — They 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 villag