Deborah and Barak 1 ULT And the sons of Israel resumed to do evil in the eyes of Yahweh after Ehud died. BSB BSB: After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
3 ULT Then the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh, for 900 chariots of iron{ were} to him, and he oppressed the sons of Israel with might 20 years. BSB BSB: Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
4 ULT Now Deborah, a woman, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she{ was} judging Israel at that time. BSB BSB: Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
5 ULT And she{ was} sitting beneath the Palm Tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came up to her for justice. BSB BSB: And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
6 ULT And she sent and called for Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh Naphtali, and she said to him,“Has not Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded,‘Go and draw out at Mount Tabor, and you shall take with you 10, 000 men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun, BSB BSB: She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
7 ULT and I will draw out to you, to the wadi of Kishon, Sisera, the commander of the army of Jabin, and his chariotry and his multitude, and I will give him into your hand’?” BSB BSB: And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
8 ULT And Barak said to her,“If you will go with me, then I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” BSB BSB: Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
9 ULT And she said,“Going, I will go with you, only that it will not be your honor upon the way that you are going, for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. BSB BSB: “I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
10 ULT Then Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10, 000 men went up at his feet, and Deborah went up with him. BSB BSB: where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
11 ULT Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from Kain, from the sons of Hobab, the father- in- law of Moses. And he had pitched his tent near an oak tree in Zaanannim, which{ is} near Kedesh. BSB BSB: Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
12 ULT And they reported to Sisera that Barak, the son of Abinoam, had gone up{ to} Mount Tabor. BSB BSB: When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
13 ULT So Sisera summoned all of his chariotry, 900 chariots of iron, and all of the people who{ were} with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the wadi of Kishon. BSB BSB: he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
14 ULT Then Deborah said to Barak,“Arise! For this{ is} the day when Yahweh has given Sisera into your hand. Has not Yahweh gone out to the face of you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and 10, 000 men{ were} after him. BSB BSB: Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
15 ULT And Yahweh panicked Sisera and all of the chariotry and all of the army, to the mouth of the sword to the face of Barak. So Sisera descended from upon the chariot and fled on his feet. BSB BSB: And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
16 ULT But Barak pursued after the chariotry and after the army unto Harosheth Haggoyim, and all of the army of Sisera fell by the mouth of the sword. Not even one remained. BSB BSB: Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
Jael Kills Sisera 17 ULT But Sisera fled on his feet to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for{ there was} peace between Jabin, king of Hazor, and the house of Heber the Kenite. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18 ULT And Jael went out to meet Sisera and she said to him,“Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me. Do not fear.” So he turned aside to her, into the tent, and she covered him with a blanket. BSB BSB: Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
19 ULT And he said to her,“Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin of milk and let him drink, and she covered him. BSB BSB: Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.
20 ULT And he said to her,“Stand{ at} the entrance of the tent, and it shall be, if anyone comes and asks you and says,‘Is there anyone here?’ then you shall say‘No one.’” BSB BSB: “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
21 ULT Then Jael, the wife of Heber, took a peg of the tent, and she put the hammer in her hand, and she came to him in secret, and she drove the peg into his temple and pounded{ it} into the ground, for he was sleeping deeply and was weary, and he died. BSB BSB: But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
22 ULT And behold, Barak was pursuing Sisera, and Jael came out to meet him, and she said to him,“Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he came to her, and behold, Sisera had fallen dead, and the peg{ was} in his temple. BSB BSB: When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.
23 ULT So on that day God subdued Jabin, the king of Canaan, to the face of the sons of Israel. BSB BSB: On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
24 ULT For going, the hand of the sons of Israel went and{ became} severe against Jabin, the king of Canaan, until that they destroyed Jabin, the king of Canaan. BSB BSB: And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.
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