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, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road--sing! 11At the sound of those who divide flocks among the watering places, There they shall recount the righteous deeds of the Lord, The righteous deeds for His peasantry in Israel. Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates. “Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, and take away your captives, O son of Abinoam. 13Then survivors came down to the nobles; The people of the Lord came down to me as warriors. 14From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down, Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples; From Machir commanders came down, And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of office.

Judges 5:12 word by word

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

• Awakeעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• Deborahדְּבוֹרָהdebôrâh debôrâh · DeborahH1683
• singדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
• a songשִׁירshîyr shîyrâh · songH7892
• Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• Barakבָּרָקbârâq · BarakH1301
• takeשָׁבָהshâbâh · to take captiveH7617
• away your captivesשָׁבִיshebîy · captiveH7628
• O sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Abinoamאֲבִינֹ֫עַם'ăbîynô‛am · AbinoamH42

Cross-references for Judges 5:12

• Psalms 57:8Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
• Psalms 103:1Bless the Lord, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
• Psalms 108:2Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!
• Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon?
• Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you.
• Isaiah 60:1“Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
• Jeremiah 31:26At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
• 1 Corinthians 15:34Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
• Ephesians 5:14For this reason it says, “Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you.”
• Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.
• Isaiah 14:2The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the Lord as male servants and female servants; and they will take their captors captive and will rule over their oppressors.
• Isaiah 33:1Woe to you, O destroyer, While you were not destroyed; And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him. As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed; As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you.
• Isaiah 49:24“Can the prey be taken from the mighty man, Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?”
• Ephesians 4:8Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, And He gave gifts to men.”
• 2 Timothy 2:26and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him 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

In the dictionaries

• Barak
• Deborah
• Fight
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• Poetry
• Rehearse
• Searching
• Songs
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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