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The Song of Deborah and Barak

Judges 5:22

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.
KJV
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings
WEB
Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
ASV
Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
LSV
Then the horse-heels were broken, || By gallopings—gallopings of its mighty ones.
YLT
Then broken were the horse-heels, By pransings — pransings of its mighty ones.
DBY
Then did the horse-hoofs clatter with the coursings, The coursings of their steeds.
DRC
The hoofs of the horses were broken whilst the stoutest of the enemies fled amain, and fell headlong down.
GNV
Then were the horsehooues broken with the oft beating together of their mightie men.
JPS
Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.
LXXE
When the hoofs of the horse were entangled, his mighty ones earnestly hasted

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Original-language editions

WLC
אָ֥ז הָלְמ֖וּ עִקְּבֵי־ס֑וּס מִֽדַּהֲר֖וֹת דַּהֲר֥וֹת אַבִּירָֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτε ἐνεποδίσθησαν πτέρναι ἵππου, σπουδῇ ἔσπευσαν ἰσχυροὶ αὐτοῦ

Who and where

◆ Deliverance by Barak And Deborah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
  • Micah 4:13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
  • Psalms 147:10–11He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man. The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
  • Isaiah 5:28Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
  • Jeremiah 47:4For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
  • Psalms 33:17A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

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