6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.


In Context

3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto Jehovah; I will sing praise to Jehovah, the God of Israel.

4 Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.

5 The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

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.

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

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

Judges 5:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:6"In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the roads were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:6In the days of Samgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jahel the paths rested: and they that went by them, walked through by-ways.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6|In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Ja'el, caravans ceased and travelers kept to the byways.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through by-ways.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6|In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath — In the days of Jael — The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go in crooked ways.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways.