{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/judges/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T22:52:42.346Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Judges","bookSlug":"judges","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, <i>even</i> I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing <i>praise</i> to the LORD God of Israel."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The mountains melted from before the LORD, <i>even</i> that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"<i>The inhabitants of</i> the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They chose new gods; then <i>was</i> war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"My heart <i>is</i> toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"<i>They that are delivered</i> from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, <i>even</i> the righteous acts <i>toward the inhabitants</i> of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Out of Ephraim <i>was there</i> a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the princes of Issachar <i>were</i> with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben <i>there were</i> great thoughts of heart."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben <i>there were</i> great searchings of heart."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Zebulun and Naphtali <i>were</i> a people <i>that</i> jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The kings came <i>and</i> fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"He asked water, <i>and</i> she gave <i>him</i> milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot <i>so</i> long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Have they not sped? have they <i>not</i> divided the prey; to every man a damsel <i>or</i> two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, <i>meet</i> for the necks of <i>them that take</i> the spoil?"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but <i>let</i> them that love him <i>be</i> as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years."}],"citation":{"inline":"Judges 5 (KJV)","markdown":"[Judges 5](https://primebible.com/kjv/judges/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/judges/5 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}