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Judges 5:30-31
Contemporary English Version
Judges 5:30-31
Contemporary English Version
30 “Sisera and his troops
are finding treasures
to bring back—
a woman, or maybe two,
for each man,
and beautiful dresses
for those women to wear.”[a]
31 Our Lord, we pray
that all your enemies
will die like Sisera.
But let everyone who loves you
shine brightly like the sun
at dawn.
Midian Steals Everything from Israel
There was peace in Israel for about 40 years.
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- 5.30 and beautiful … wear: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Judges 5:30-31
New International Version
Judges 5:30-31
New International Version
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:(A)
a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments(B) for my neck—
all this as plunder?(C)’
31 “So may all your enemies perish,(D) Lord!
But may all who love you be like the sun(E)
when it rises in its strength.”(F)
Then the land had peace(G) forty years.
Judges 5:30-31
King James Version
Judges 5:30-31
King James Version
30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
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