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

10“Consider this, you who ride on fine donkeys, you who sit on fancy saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road. 11Listen to the village musicians gathered at the watering holes. They recount the righteous victories of the Lord and the victories of his villagers in Israel. Then the people of the Lord marched down to the city gates. “Wake up, Deborah, wake up! Wake up, wake up, and sing a song! Arise, Barak! Lead your captives away, son of Abinoam! 13“Down from Tabor marched the few against the nobles. The people of the Lord marched down against mighty warriors. 14They came down from Ephraim— a land that once belonged to the Amalekites; they followed you, Benjamin, with your troops. From Makir the commanders marched down; from Zebulun came those who carry a commander’s staff.

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 heart! Wake up, O lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song.
• Psalms 103:1Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
• Psalms 108:2Wake up, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song.
• Isaiah 51:9Wake up, wake up, O Lord! Clothe yourself with strength! Flex your mighty right arm! Rouse yourself as in the days of old when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.
• Isaiah 52:1Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourself with strength. Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem, for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.
• Isaiah 60:1“Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you.
• Jeremiah 31:26At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been very sweet.
• 1 Corinthians 15:34Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.
• Ephesians 5:14for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
• Psalms 68:18When you ascended to the heights, you led a crowd of captives. You received gifts from the people, even from those who rebelled against you. Now the Lord God will live among us there.
• Isaiah 14:2The nations of the world will help the people of Israel to return, and those who come to live in the Lord’s land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.
• Isaiah 33:1What sorrow awaits you Assyrians, who have destroyed others but have never been destroyed yourselves. You betray others, but you have never been betrayed. When you are done destroying, you will be destroyed. When you are done betraying, you will be betrayed.
• Isaiah 49:24Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a warrior? Who can demand that a tyrant let his captives go?
• Ephesians 4:8That is why the Scriptures say, “When he ascended to the heights, he led a crowd of captives and gave gifts to his people.”
• 2 Timothy 2:26Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.

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
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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