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Judges 5:2
2“When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves— praise the Lord!
Judges 5:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
- 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
1On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: “When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves— praise the Lord! 3“Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song. 4“When you, Lord, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.
Read all of Judges 5Judges 5:2 word by word
בִּפְרֹ֤עַ פְּרָעוֹת֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּהִתְנַדֵּ֖ב עָ֑ם בָּרֲכ֖וּ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Judges 5:2
- Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants; he will take vengeance on his enemies and make atonement for his land and people.
- 2 Samuel 22:47“The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!
- Psalms 18:47He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,
- Psalms 48:11Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
- Psalms 94:1The Lord is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.
- Psalms 97:8Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, Lord.
- Psalms 136:15but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea; His love endures forever.
- Psalms 149:6May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands,
- Revelation 16:5Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say: “You are just in these judgments, O Holy One, you who are and who were;
- Revelation 18:20“Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.”
- Revelation 19:2for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
- Judges 5:9My heart is with Israel’s princes, with the willing volunteers among the people. Praise the Lord!
- 2 Chronicles 17:16next, Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered himself for the service of the Lord, with 200,000.
- Nehemiah 11:2The people commended all who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
- Psalms 110:3Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.
- 1 Corinthians 9:17If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to 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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