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Judges 5:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Judges 5:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, caravans ceased,
and travelers kept to the byways.(A)
7 The peasantry prospered in Israel;
they grew fat on plunder,
because[a] you arose, Deborah,
arose as a mother in Israel.
8 When new gods were chosen,
then war was in the gates.
Was shield or spear to be seen
among forty thousand in Israel?(B)
Footnotes
- 5.7 Or ceased in Israel, ceased until
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