Judges 4

Verse 1

WEB The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, when Ehud was dead.

KJV And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

TSK A. M. 2699. B.C. 1305. did evil: jud 2:11,19,20, jud 3:7,12, jud 6:1, jud 10:6, le 26:23-25, ne 9:23-30, ps 106:43-45, jer 5:3

Verse 2

WEB Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

KJV And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

TSK sold: jud 2:14,15, jud 10:7, isa 50:1, mt 18:25; Hazor: jos 11:1,10,11, jos 19:36; Sisera: 1sa 12:9, ps 83:9; Harosheth: jud 4:13,16

Verse 3

WEB The children of Israel cried to Yahweh: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

KJV And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

TSK cried: jud 3:9,15, jud 10:16, 1sa 7:8, ps 50:15, ps 78:34, jer 2:27,28; chariots: jud 1:19, jos 17:16; mightily: jud 5:8, de 28:29,33,47,48, ps 106:42

Verse 4

WEB Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

KJV And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

TSK And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.: ex 15:20, 2ki 22:14, ne 6:14, joe 2:28,29, mic 6:4, lu 2:36, ac 21:9, 1co 11:5, ga 3:28

Verse 5

WEB She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

KJV And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

TSK the palm: ge 35:8; between: jos 16:2, jos 18:22,25, 1sa 1:1,19, 1sa 6:16,17, 1sa 25:1, jer 31:15; came up: ex 18:13,16,19,26, de 17:8-12, 2sa 15:2-6

Verse 6

WEB She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and draw to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

KJV And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

TSK Barak: jud 5:1, heb 11:32; Kedesh-naphtali: jos 19:32,37, jos 21:32; Hath: jos 1:9, ps 7:6, isa 13:2-5, ac 13:47; Tabor: jud 8:18, 1sa 10:3, ps 89:12, jer 46:18, ho 5:1; ten thousand: jud 4:10, jud 5:14-18

Verse 7

WEB I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.’”

KJV And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

TSK And I: ex 14:4, jos 11:20, eze 38:10-16, joe 3:11-14; Kishon: jud 5:21, 1ki 18:40, ps 83:9,10; deliver: jud 4:14, ex 21:13, jos 8:7, jos 10:8, jos 11:6, 1sa 24:10,18

Verse 8

WEB Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”

KJV And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

TSK And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.: ex 4:10-14, mt 14:30,31

Verse 9

WEB She said, “I will surely go with you: nevertheless, the journey that you take shall not be for your honor; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

KJV And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

TSK notwithstanding: 1sa 2:30, 2ch 26:18; sell Sisera: jud 2:14; into: jud 4:17-22, jud 5:24-27, jud 9:54, 2sa 20:21,22

Verse 10

WEB Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

KJV And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

TSK Zebulun: jud 4:6, jud 5:18; at his: jud 5:15, ex 11:8, 1sa 25:27, 1ki 20:11

Verse 11

WEB Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.

KJV Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

TSK Heber: jud 1:16, nu 10:29, nu 24:21; Hobab: ex 2:18, ex 3:1, ex 18:1; Zaanaim: jos 19:33,37; Zaanannim: jud 4:6, jos 19:37

Verse 12

WEB They told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to Mount Tabor.

KJV And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

TSK mount Tabor: jud 4:6, jos 19:12,34, ps 89:12, jer 46:18

Verse 13

WEB Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, to the river Kishon.

KJV And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

TSK nine: jud 4:2,3,7

Verse 14

WEB Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

KJV And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

TSK Up: jud 19:28, ge 19:14, ge 44:4, jos 7:13, 1sa 9:26; is not: de 9:3, 2sa 5:24, ps 68:7,8, isa 52:12, mic 2:13

Verse 15

WEB Yahweh confused Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

KJV And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

TSK And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.: jud 5:20,21, jos 10:10, 2ki 7:6, 2ch 13:15-17, ps 83:9,10, heb 11:32

Verse 16

WEB But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.

KJV But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

TSK pursued: le 26:7,8, jos 10:19,20, jos 11:8, ps 104:35, ro 2:12, jas 2:13; there: isa 43:17

Verse 17

WEB However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

KJV Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

TSK fled: job 12:19-21, job 18:7-12, job 40:11,12, ps 37:35,36, ps 107:40, pr 29:23, am 5:19,20; Jael: jud 5:6,24; peace: ps 69:22, isa 57:21

Verse 18

WEB Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid.” He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

KJV And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.

TSK Jael: 2ki 6:19

Verse 19

WEB He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

KJV And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

TSK Give me: jud 5:25,26, ge 24:43, 1ki 17:10, isa 41:17, joh 4:7

Verse 20

WEB He said to her, “Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ that you shall say, ‘No.’”

KJV Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

TSK Is there: jos 2:3-5, 2sa 17:20

Verse 21

WEB Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.

KJV Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

TSK took: jud 3:21,31, jud 5:26, jud 15:15, 1sa 17:43,49,50, 1co 1:19,27; smote: ps 3:7; he died: jud 5:27

Verse 22

WEB Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.” He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.

KJV And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

TSK and I will: 2sa 17:3,10-15

Verse 23

WEB So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

KJV So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

TSK So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.: 1ch 22:18, ne 9:24, ps 18:39,47, ps 47:3, ps 81:14, 1co 15:28, heb 11:33

Verse 24

WEB The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

KJV And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

TSK prospered, etc: 1sa 3:12