Judges 5:8

In 11 translations

BSB

When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

KJV

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

WEB

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

ASV

They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?

LSV

He chooses new gods, || Then war [is] at the gates! A shield is not seen—and a spear || Among forty thousand in Israel.

YLT

He chooseth new gods, Then war [is] at the gates! A shield is not seen — and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.

DBY

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?Elohim

DRC

The Lord chose new wars, and he himself overthrew the gates of the enemies: a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of Israel.

GNV

They chose new gods: then was warre in the gates. Was there a shielde or speare seene among fourtie thousand of Israel?

JPS

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

LXXE

They chose new gods; then the cities of rulers fought; there was not a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel.Gr. if there should be seen.

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WLC

יִבְחַר֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים אָ֖ז לָחֶ֣ם שְׁעָרִ֑ים מָגֵ֤ן אִם־יֵֽרָאֶה֙ וָרֹ֔מַח בְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

Ἐξελέξαντο θεοὺς καινοὺς, τότε ἐπολέμησαν πόλεις ἀρχόντων· θυρεὸς ἐὰν ὀφθῇ καὶ λόγχη ἐν τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάσιν ἐν Ἰσραήλ.

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• Deuteronomy 32:16–17They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
• Judges 2:12Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to…
• Judges 2:17Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s…
• Judges 4:3Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
• 1 Samuel 13:19–22And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.” Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to…

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