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


In Context

3 |Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; to the LORD I will sing, I will make melody to the LORD, the God of Israel.

4 |LORD, when thou didst go forth from Se'ir, when thou didst march from the region of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, yea, the clouds dropped water.

5 The mountains quaked before the LORD, yon Sinai before the LORD, the God of Israel.

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

7 The peasantry ceased in Israel, they ceased until you arose, Deb'orah, arose as a mother in Israel.

8 When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be 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 American Standard 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 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.