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11 [a]Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water,
There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah,
Even the righteous acts [b]of his rule in Israel.
Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.

12 Awake, awake, Deborah;
Awake, awake, utter a song:
Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.
13 [c]Then came down a remnant of the nobles [d]and the people;
Jehovah came down for me [e]against the mighty.

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  1. Judges 5:11 Or, Because of the voice of the archers . . . there let them rehearse
  2. Judges 5:11 Or, toward his villages
  3. Judges 5:13 Or, Then go down, O remnant, for the nobles . . . O Jehovah, go down for me against the mighty. Or, Then made he a remnant to have dominion over the nobles and the people; Jehovah made me have dominion over the mighty
  4. Judges 5:13 Or, as otherwise read, the people of Jehovah came down for me against (or among) the mighty
  5. Judges 5:13 Or, among

11 the voice of the singers[a] at the watering places.
    They recite the victories(A) of the Lord,
    the victories of his villagers in Israel.

“Then the people of the Lord
    went down to the city gates.(B)
12 ‘Wake up,(C) wake up, Deborah!(D)
    Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!(E)
    Take captive your captives,(F) son of Abinoam.’

13 “The remnant of the nobles came down;
    the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.

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  1. Judges 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.