Judges 5:7 “Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, aro…”

Judges 5:7

Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

World English Bible

The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.

American Standard Version

The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

The townes were not inhabited: they decayed, I say, in Israel, vntill I Deborah came vp, which rose vp a mother in Israel.

Darby Translation

The villages ceased in Israel, Ceased until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

Villages ceased in Israel — they ceased, Till that I arose — Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.

Bible in Basic English

Country towns were no more in Israel, ***were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel.

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Cross references

“the villages”

Esther 9:19

Esther 9:19 · BSB

This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

“a mother”

2 Samuel 20:19 Isaiah 49:23 Judges 4:4–6 Romans 16:13

2 Samuel 20:19 · BSB

I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

Isaiah 49:23 · BSB

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to sha…

Judges 4:4–6 · BSB

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

Romans 16:13 · BSB

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

8When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

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