Judges 5:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Praise the LORD! Men in Israel vowed to fight, and people volunteered for service.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

ASV:

For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless ye Jehovah.

BBE:

Because of the flowing hair of the fighters in Israel, because the people gave themselves freely, give praise to the Lord.

DBY:

"That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the LORD!

ERV:

For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, for that the people offered themselves willingly, bless ye the LORD.

JPS:

When men let grow their hair in Israel, when the people offer themselves willingly, bless ye the LORD.

WBS:

Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

WEB:

"Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!

YLT:

'For freeing freemen in Israel, For a people willingly offering themselves Bless ye Jehovah.

Judges 5:2 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 5:9 "My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel, The volunteers among the people; Bless the LORD!

Psalm 110:3 Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; In holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the {a} people willingly offered themselves.
(a) That is, the two tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali.

WES:

5:2 The Lord - Give him the praise who hath done the work. The people - Chiefly Zebulun and Naphtali. Offered themselves - When neither Deborah nor Barak had any power to compel them.

MHC:

5:1-5. No time should be lost in returning thanks to the Lord for his mercies; for our praises are most acceptable, pleasant, and profitable, when they flow from a full heart. By this, love and gratitude would be more excited and more deeply fixed in the hearts of believers; the events would be more known and longer remembered. Whatever Deborah, Barak, or the army had done, the Lord must have all the praise. The will, the power, and the success were all from Him.

CONC:

Avenging Bless Blessed Fighters Flowing Freeing Freely Freemen Grow Hair Lead Leaders Led Offer Offered Offering Praise Themselves Volunteered Willingly

Avenging Bless Blessed Hair Israel Leaders Offer Offered Offering Praise Princes Themselves Volunteered Willingly

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