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


In Context

3 "Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I will sing to the LORD , I will sing; I will make music to the LORD , the God of Israel.

4 "O LORD , when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.

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

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

7 Village life in Israel ceased, ceased until I, Deborah, arose, arose a mother in Israel.

8 When they chose new gods, war came to the city gates, and not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

Judges 5:6 in Other Translations

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 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.