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The Song of Deborah and Barak

Judges 5:10

In 11 translations

BSB
You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
KJV
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.Speak: or, Meditate
WEB
“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
ASV
Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.
LSV
Riders on white donkeys—Sitters on a long robe—And walkers by the way—meditate!
YLT
Riders on white asses — Sitters on a long robe — And walkers by the way — meditate!
DBY
Ye that ride on white she-asses, ye that sit on carpets, and ye that walk by the way, consider.
DRC
Speak, you that ride upon fair asses, and you that sit in judgment, and walk in the way.
GNV
Speake ye that ride on white asses, yee that dwel by Middin, and that walke by the way.
JPS
Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on rich cloths, and ye that walk by the way, tell of it;
LXXE
Ye that mount a she-ass at noon-day, ye that sit on the judgment-seat, and walk by the roads of them that sit in judgment by the way; declare

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
רֹכְבֵי֩ אֲתֹנ֨וֹת צְחֹר֜וֹת יֹשְׁבֵ֧י עַל־מִדִּ֛ין וְהֹלְכֵ֥י עַל־דֶּ֖רֶךְ שִֽׂיחוּ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐπιβεβηκότες ἐπὶ ὄνου θηλείας μεσημβρίας, καθήμενοι ἐπὶ κριτηρίου, καὶ πορευόμενοι ἐπὶ ὁδοὺς συνέδρων ἐφʼ ὁδῷ,

Who and where

◆ Deliverance by Barak And Deborah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Judges 12:14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
  • Judges 10:4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
  • Psalms 105:2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
  • Psalms 107:32Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.
  • Isaiah 28:6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
  • Joel 3:12Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
  • Psalms 145:11They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
  • Psalms 145:5the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.

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