Judges 5:2
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New International Version (©1984)
"When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves--praise the LORD!

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"That the leaders led in Israel, That the people volunteered, Bless the LORD!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Praise the LORD! Men in Israel vowed to fight, and people volunteered for service.

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

American King James Version
Praise you the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

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

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
O you of Israel, that have willingly offered your lives to danger, bless the Lord.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

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

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

Geneva Study Bible

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.

Wesley's Notes

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2, 3. The meaning is obscurely seen in our version; it has been better rendered thus, "Praise ye Jehovah; for the free are freed in Israel-the people have willingly offered themselves" [Robinson].

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.


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)

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

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

for the avenging De 32:43 2Sa 22:47,48 Ps 18:47 48:11 94:1 97:8 136:15,19,20 149:6-9 Re 16:5,6 18:20 19:2

when Jud 5:9 2Ch 17:16 Ne 11:2 Ps 110:3 1Co 9:17 2Co 8:12 9:7 Php 2:13 Phm 1:14

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