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Judges 5:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “New gods were chosen; Then war [was] in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— They chose gods that were new, Then,—war at the gates! Was there, a shield, to be seen? or a spear? among forty thousand in Israel?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— He chooseth new gods, Then war [is] at the gates! A shield is not seen—and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The Lord chose new wars, and he himself overthrew the gates of the enemies: a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of Israel.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They chose new gods: then was warre in the gates. Was there a shielde or speare seene among fourtie thousand of Israel?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They chose new gods; then was warre in the gates: was there a shield or speare seene among fourtie thousand in Israel?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The LORD will choose new things; then the barley bread, and a sword or a spear shall not be seen among forty thousand in Israel.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— They chose new gods; then the cities of rulers fought; there was not a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— They chose new elohim; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Yisrael?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
They chose 977
{0977} Prime
בָּחַר
bachar
{baw-khar'}
A primitive root; properly to try, that is, (by implication) select.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
new 2319
{2319} Prime
חָדָשׁ
chadash
{khaw-dawsh'}
From H2318; new.
´élöhîm אֱלֹהִים; 430
{0430} Prime
אֱלֹהִים
'elohiym
{el-o-heem'}
Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative.
then x227
(0227) Complement
אָז
'az
{awz}
A demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjugation, therefore.
[was] war 3901
{3901} Prime
לָחֶם
lachem
{law-khem'}
From H3898, battle.
in the gates: 8179
{8179} Prime
שַׁעַר
sha`ar
{shah'-ar}
From H8176 in its original sense; an opening, that is, door or gate.
was there a shield 4043
{4043} Prime
מָגֵן
magen
{maw-gane'}
From H1598; a shield (that is, the small one or buckler); figuratively a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile.
or spear 7420
{7420} Prime
רֹמַח
romach
{ro'-makh}
From an unused root meaning to hurl; a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point.
seen 7200
{7200} Prime
רָאָה
ra'ah
{raw-aw'}
A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitively, intransitively and causatively).
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
among forty 705
{0705} Prime
אַרְבָּעִים
'arba`iym
{ar-baw-eem'}
Multiple of H0702; forty.
thousand 505
{0505} Prime
אֶלֶף
'eleph
{eh'-lef}
Properly the same as H0504; hence (an ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand.
in Yiŝrä´ël יִשׂרָאֵל? 3478
{3478} Prime
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisra'el
{yis-raw-ale'}
From H8280 and H0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Judges 5:6-8.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Judges 5:6-11.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 5:8

Chose — They did not only submit to idolatry when they were forced to it by tyrants, but they freely chose it. New gods — New to them, and unknown to their fathers, and new in comparison of the true and everlasting God of Israel, being but of yesterday. The gates — That is, in their walled cities, which have gates and bars; gates are often put for cities; then their strong holds fell into the hands of their enemies. Was there a shield — There was not, the meaning is not, that all the Israelites had no arms, but, either they had but few arms among them, being many thousands of them disarmed by the Canaanites and Philistines, or that they generally neglected the use of arms, as being without all hope of recovering their liberty.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Judges 5:8

They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a (d) shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

(d) They had no heart to resist their enemies.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
new gods:

Judges 2:12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that [were] round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
Judges 2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.
Deuteronomy 32:16-17 They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger. ... They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

was there:

Judges 4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
1 Samuel 13:19-22 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make [them] swords or spears: ... So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that [were] with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
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Dt 32:16. Jg 2:12, 17; 4:3. 1S 13:19.

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