Judges 5:22

Judges 5:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
• New International Version (NIV)Then thundered the horses’ hooves— galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the horses’ hooves pounded, The galloping, galloping of his steeds.

Context of Judges 5:22

20From the heavens the stars fought, From their courses they fought against Sisera. 21The torrent Kishon swept the enemy away, The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength. Then the horses’ hoofs beat [loudly] Because of the galloping—the galloping of his valiant and powerful steeds. 23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the messenger of the Lord, ‘Utterly curse its inhabitants; Because they did not come to the help of the Lord, To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’ 24“Most blessed of women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Most blessed is she of women in the tent.

Judges 5:22 word by word

אָ֥ז הָלְמ֖וּ עִקְּבֵי־ס֑וּס מִֽדַּהֲר֖וֹת דַּהֲר֥וֹת אַבִּירָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then were the horsehoofsסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• Then were the horsehoofsעָקֵב‛âqêb ‛iqqebâh · heelH6119
• brokenהָלַםhâlam · to smiteH1986
• by the means of the pransingsדַּהֲרָהdahăhar · rushingH1726
• of their mighty onesאַבִּיר'abbîyr · mighty: stallionH47

Cross-references for Judges 5:22

• Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and some in horses, But we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.
• Psalms 33:17A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
• Psalms 147:10He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse, Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.
• Isaiah 5:28Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are strung and bent; Their horses’ hoofs seem like flint and their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
• Jeremiah 47:4Because of the day that is coming To destroy all the Philistines And to cut off from Tyre and Sidon Every ally who remains. For the Lord is going to destroy the Philistines, The remnant [still surviving] of the coastland of Caphtor.
• Micah 4:13Arise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion! For I will make your horn iron And I will make your hoofs bronze; That you may beat many peoples in pieces [trampling down your enemies], That you may devote to the Lord their unjust gain (pagan possessions) And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Commentaries on Judges 5:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Then were the horsehoofs broken - In very ancient times horses were not shod; nor are they to the present day in several parts of the East. Sisera had iron chariots when his hosts were routed; the horses that drew these, being strongly urged on by those who drove them, had their hoofs broken by the roughness of the roads; in consequence of which they became lame, and could not carry off their riders. This is marked as one cause of their disaster.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Probably an allusion to the frantic efforts of the chariot-horses to disengage themselves from the morass (Judges 4:15 note). Mighty ones - Applied to bulls Psalm 22:12 and horses Jeremiah 8:16; Jeremiah 47:3; Jeremiah 50:11; elsewhere, as probably here, to men.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 Deborah called on her own soul to be in earnest. He that will set the hearts of other men on fire with the love of Christ, must himself burn with love. Praising God is a work we should awake to, and awake ourselves unto. She notices who fought against Israel, who fought for them, and who kept away. Who fought against them. They were obstinate enemies to God's people, therefore the more dangerous. Who fought for them. The several tribes that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-23The battle is described. The brave warriors who followed Deborah and Barak became less important as the Lord called upon the stars of heaven and the Kishon River to destroy Sisera's army.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2219-22. describes the scene of battle and the issue. It would seem (Jud 5:19) that Jabin was reinforced by the troops of other Canaanite princes. The battlefield was near Taanach (now Ta'annuk), on a tell or mound in the level plain of Megiddo (now Leijun), on its southwestern extremity, by the left bank of the Kishon. they took no gain of money--They obtained no plunder.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 5:22

• Chiding
• Country
• Patriotism
• Sisera

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Commentaries on Judges 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings