King James Version
Judges 5:2
2Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Judges 5:2 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)“When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves— praise the Lord!
- English Standard Version (ESV)"That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the Lord!
- New King James Version (NKJV)“When leaders lead in Israel, When the people willingly offer themselves, Bless the Lord!
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Israel’s leaders took charge, and the people gladly followed. Praise the Lord!
Context of Judges 5:2
1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. 3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel. 4Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
Read all of Judges 5Judges 5:2 word by word
בִּפְרֹ֤עַ פְּרָעוֹת֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּהִתְנַדֵּ֖ב עָ֑ם בָּרֲכ֖וּ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Judges 5:2
- Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
- 2 Samuel 22:47The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
- Psalms 18:47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
- Psalms 48:11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
- Psalms 94:1O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
- Psalms 97:8Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord.
- Psalms 136:15But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Psalms 149:6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
- Revelation 16:5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
- Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
- Revelation 19:2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
- Judges 5:9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 17:16And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
- Nehemiah 11:2And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
- Psalms 110:3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
- 1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
Commentaries on Judges 5:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For the avenging of Israel - See the notes, etc., at the end of the chapter, Judges 5:28; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Render “For the leading of the leaders in Israel (the princes), for the willingness of the people (to follow them) bless ye the Lord.” See Deuteronomy 32:42 note, and compare Judges 5:9 and Judges 5:13, where the nobles and the people are again contrasted.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. 2-32-3. The meaning is obscurely seen in our version; it has been better rendered thus, "Praise ye Jehovah; for the free are freed in Israel--the people have willingly offered themselves" [Robinson].Read the comment
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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
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