Tree of Life Version
Judges 5:2
2“When leaders take the lead in Israel, when people freely offer themselves, bless Adonai!
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.
- 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!
Context of Judges 5:2
1Then Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang on that day saying: “When leaders take the lead in Israel, when people freely offer themselves, bless Adonai! 3Listen, O kings! Give ear, O rulers! I, to Adonai I will sing, I will sing praise to Adonai, the God of Israel. 4Adonai, when You came out from Seir, when You marched from Edom’s field, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, yes, the clouds dropped 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 32:43Make His people rejoice, O nations, for He will avenge the blood of His servants. He will return vengeance on His foes, and atone for the land of His people.”
- 2 Samuel 22:47Adonai lives! And blessed be my Rock! Exalted be God— the Rock of my salvation!
- Psalms 18:47Adonai lives! And blessed be my Rock! Exalted be God my salvation!
- Psalms 48:11Like Your Name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- Psalms 94:1God of vengeance, Adonai, God of vengeance, shine forth!
- Psalms 97:8Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of Your judgments, Adonai.
- Psalms 136:15but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Sea of Reeds, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
- Psalms 149:6Let God’s high praises be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand—
- Revelation 16:5Then I heard the angel of the waters saying, “Righteous are You—the Holy One, who is and who was— because You have passed these judgments.
- Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you kedoshim, emissaries and prophets! For God has judged her condemnation of you!”
- Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. For He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her whoring, and has avenged the blood of His servants caused by her hand.”
- Judges 5:9My heart is with Israel’s rulers, who offer themselves freely among the people. Bless Adonai!
- 2 Chronicles 17:16and next to him, Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Adonai with 200,000 valiant warriors.
- Nehemiah 11:2Then the people blessed all the men who volunteered to dwell in Jerusalem.
- Psalms 110:3Your people will be a freewill offering in a day of your power. In holy splendors, from dawn’s womb, yours is the dew of your youth.
- 1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have been entrusted with a commission.
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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