Judges 5:12

Judges 5:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
• New International Version (NIV)‘Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, Barak! Take captive your captives, son of Abinoam.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, break out in a song! Arise, Barak, lead away your captives, O son of Abinoam.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away, O son of Abinoam!

Context of Judges 5:12

10You who ride on white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and who travel on the road, give praise! 11Let them tell the righteous acts of the Lord, the righteous deeds of his villagers in Israel, with the voices of the singers at the watering places. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates. “Awake! Awake, Deborah! Awake! Awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, and take your prisoners, son of Abinoam!” 13Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the Lord’s people came down to me against the warriors. 14Those with their roots in Amalek came from Ephraim; Benjamin came with your people after you. The leaders came down from Machir, and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.

Judges 5:12 word by word

עוּרִ֤י עוּרִי֙ דְּבוֹרָ֔ה ע֥וּרִי ע֖וּרִי דַּבְּרִי־שִׁ֑יר ק֥וּם בָּרָ֛ק וּֽשֲׁבֵ֥ה שֶׁבְיְךָ֖ בֶּן־אֲבִינֹֽעַם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Awakeעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• Deborahדְּבוֹרָהdebôrâh debôrâh · DeborahH1683
• utterדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
• a songשִׁירshîyr shîyrâh · songH7892
• ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• Barakבָּרָקbârâq · BarakH1301
• and lead thy captivityשָׁבִיshebîy · captiveH7628
• captiveשָׁבָהshâbâh · to take captiveH7617
• thou sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Abinoamאֲבִינֹ֫עַם'ăbîynô‛am · AbinoamH42

Cross-references for Judges 5:12

• Psalms 57:8Wake up, my soul! Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.
• Psalms 103:1My soul, bless the Lord, and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
• Psalms 108:2Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.
• Isaiah 51:9Wake up, wake up! Arm of the Lord, clothe yourself with strength. Wake up as in days past, as in generations long ago. Wasn’t it you who hacked Rahab to pieces, who pierced the sea monster?
• Isaiah 52:1“Wake up, wake up; put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer enter you.
• Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord shines over you.
• Jeremiah 31:26At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
• 1 Corinthians 15:34Come to your senses and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.
• Ephesians 5:14for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
• Psalms 68:18You ascended to the heights, taking away captives; you received gifts from people, even from the rebellious, so that the Lord God might dwell there.
• Isaiah 14:2The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land. They will make captives of their captors and will rule over their oppressors.
• Isaiah 33:1Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
• Isaiah 49:24Can the prey be taken from a mighty man, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
• Ephesians 4:8For it says: When he ascended on high, he took the captives captive; he gave gifts to people.
• 2 Timothy 2:26Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

Commentaries on Judges 5:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Lead thy captivity captive - Make those captives who have formerly captivated us.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Deborah incites Barak to carry off as his prey the captive Canaanites and their sheep and cattle (their “captivity”).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. 1-31This song, a victory hymn usually credited to Deborah, offers a poetic version of the battle, adding details to the prose account. It is one of the oldest Hebrew poems. It praises the Lord, the tribes who joined the fight, and Jael. It curses those who stayed home, Sisera, and his mother's followers. It contrasts life before Barak's victory, when the Lord's curse was on the land, with the blessings after the warriors' righteous acts. It ends with a prayer…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1411-14. The wells which are at a little distance from towns in the East, are, in unsettled times, places of danger. But in peace they are scenes of pleasant and joyous resort. The poetess anticipates that this song may be sung, and the righteous acts of the Lord rehearsed at these now tranquil "places of drawing water." Deborah now rouses herself to describe, in terms suitable to the occasion, the preparation and the contest, and calls in a flight of…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 5:12

• Captivity
• Country
• Patriotism

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• Barak
• Deborah
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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