7The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.


In Context

4 |Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.

5 The mountains quaked at the presence of Yahweh, even Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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

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

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

9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh!

Judges 5:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Village life in Israel ceased, ceased until I, Deborah, arose, arose a mother in Israel.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7[The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:7The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel: until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:7The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7The peasantry ceased in Israel, they ceased until you arose, Deb'orah, arose as a mother in Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:7The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Villages ceased in Israel — they ceased, Till that I arose — Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.