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The Song of Deborah and Barak

Judges 5:18

In 11 translations

BSB
Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
KJV
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach
WEB
Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
ASV
Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.
LSV
Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, || Naphtali also—on high places of the field.
YLT
Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also — on high places of the field.
DBY
Zebulun is a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto death, Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
DRC
But Zabulon and Nephtali offered their lives to death in the region of Merome.
GNV
But the people of Zebulun and Naphtali haue ieopard their liues vnto the death in the hie places of the field.
JPS
Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.
LXXE
The people Zabulon exposed their soul to death, and Nephthali came to the high places of their land.Lit. reproached.

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Original-language editions

WLC
זְבֻל֗וּן עַ֣ם חֵרֵ֥ף נַפְשׁ֛וֹ לָמ֖וּת וְנַפְתָּלִ֑י עַ֖ל מְרוֹמֵ֥י שָׂדֶֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ζαβουλὼν λαὸς ὠνείδισε ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ εἰς θάνατον, καὶ Νεφθαλὶ ἐπὶ ὕψη ἀγροῦ

Who and where

👤 Naphtali👤 Zebulun◆ Deliverance by Barak And Deborah

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Judges 4:10where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
  • Judges 4:6She 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.
  • 1 John 3:16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
  • Esther 4:16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is…
  • Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
  • Judges 4:14Then 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.
  • Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

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