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Judges 5:8-10
Easy-to-Read Version
Judges 5:8-10
Easy-to-Read Version
8 “God chose new leaders
to fight at the city gates.[a]
No one could find a shield or a spear
among the 40,000 soldiers of Israel.
9 “My heart is with the commanders of Israel.
They volunteered to go to war.
Praise the Lord!
10 “Pay attention you people riding on white donkeys,
sitting on saddle blankets,[b]
and walking along the road.
Footnotes
- Judges 5:8 God chose … gates Or “They chose to follow new gods. So they had to fight at their city gates.” The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.
- Judges 5:10 saddle blankets The meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain.
Judges 5:8-10
New International Version
Judges 5:8-10
New International Version
8 God chose new leaders(A)
when war came to the city gates,(B)
but not a shield or spear(C) was seen
among forty thousand in Israel.
9 My heart is with Israel’s princes,
with the willing volunteers(D) among the people.
Praise the Lord!
10 “You who ride on white donkeys,(E)
sitting on your saddle blankets,
and you who walk along the road,
consider
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