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Selected Verse: Judges 5:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 5:12 |
Strong Concordance |
Awake [05782], awake [05782], Deborah [01683]: awake [05782], awake [05782], utter [01696] a song [07892]: arise [06965], Barak [01301], and lead thy captivity [07628] captive [07617], thou son [01121] of Abinoam [042]. |
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King James |
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Deborah incites Barak to carry off as his prey the captive Canaanites and their sheep and cattle (their "captivity"). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Jdg 5:12 forms the introduction to the second part, viz., the description of the conflict and the victory. Throwing herself into the great event which she is about to commemorate, Deborah calls upon herself to strike up a song, and upon Barak to lead off his prisoners:
12 Awake, awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, utter a song!
Rise up, Barak, and lead captive thy captives, O son of Abinoam!
עוּרי has the tone upon the last syllable on the first two occasions, to answer to the rapid summoning burst of the Lord in the opening address (Bertheau). שׁבי שׁבה, to lead away captives, as the fruit of the victory; not merely to lead in triumph. On the form וּשׁבה with Chateph-patach, see Ewald, 90, b. In the next three strophes of this part (Jdg 5:13-21) the progress of the conflict is described; and in the first two the part taken in the battle by the different tribes (Jdg 5:13-15, and Jdg 5:15-18). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Awake - Stir up thyself and all that is within thee, to admire and praise the Lord. This work needs and well deserves the utmost liveliness and vigour of soul. Lead captivity captive - How could this be done, when there was none of them left? Jdg 4:16. None were left to make head against them. None is often put for few, and those few might be taken after the battle, and carried captive, and led in triumph. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Lead thy captivity captive - Make those captives who have formerly captivated us. |
15 And the princes [08269] of Issachar [03485] were with Deborah [01683]; even Issachar [03485], and also Barak [01301]: he was sent [07971] on foot [07272] into the valley [06010]. For the divisions [06390] of Reuben [07205] there were great [01419] thoughts [02711] of heart [03820].
16 Why abodest [03427] thou among [0996] the sheepfolds [04942], to hear [08085] the bleatings [08292] of the flocks [05739]? For the divisions [06390] of Reuben [07205] there were great [01419] searchings [02714] of heart [03820].
17 Gilead [01568] abode [07931] beyond [05676] Jordan [03383]: and why did Dan [01835] remain [01481] in ships [0591]? Asher [0836] continued [03427] on the sea [03220] shore [02348], and abode [07931] in his breaches [04664].
18 Zebulun [02074] and Naphtali [05321] were a people [05971] that jeoparded [02778] their lives [05315] unto the death [04191] in the high places [04791] of the field [07704].
13 Then he made him that remaineth [08300] have dominion [07287] over the nobles [0117] among the people [05971]: the LORD [03068] made me have dominion [07287] over the mighty [01368].
14 Out of Ephraim [0669] was there a root [08328] of them against Amalek [06002]; after [0310] thee, Benjamin [01144], among thy people [05971]; out of Machir [04353] came down [03381] governors [02710], and out of Zebulun [02074] they that handle [04900] the pen [07626] of the writer [05608].
15 And the princes [08269] of Issachar [03485] were with Deborah [01683]; even Issachar [03485], and also Barak [01301]: he was sent [07971] on foot [07272] into the valley [06010]. For the divisions [06390] of Reuben [07205] there were great [01419] thoughts [02711] of heart [03820].
13 Then he made him that remaineth [08300] have dominion [07287] over the nobles [0117] among the people [05971]: the LORD [03068] made me have dominion [07287] over the mighty [01368].
14 Out of Ephraim [0669] was there a root [08328] of them against Amalek [06002]; after [0310] thee, Benjamin [01144], among thy people [05971]; out of Machir [04353] came down [03381] governors [02710], and out of Zebulun [02074] they that handle [04900] the pen [07626] of the writer [05608].
15 And the princes [08269] of Issachar [03485] were with Deborah [01683]; even Issachar [03485], and also Barak [01301]: he was sent [07971] on foot [07272] into the valley [06010]. For the divisions [06390] of Reuben [07205] there were great [01419] thoughts [02711] of heart [03820].
16 Why abodest [03427] thou among [0996] the sheepfolds [04942], to hear [08085] the bleatings [08292] of the flocks [05739]? For the divisions [06390] of Reuben [07205] there were great [01419] searchings [02714] of heart [03820].
17 Gilead [01568] abode [07931] beyond [05676] Jordan [03383]: and why did Dan [01835] remain [01481] in ships [0591]? Asher [0836] continued [03427] on the sea [03220] shore [02348], and abode [07931] in his breaches [04664].
18 Zebulun [02074] and Naphtali [05321] were a people [05971] that jeoparded [02778] their lives [05315] unto the death [04191] in the high places [04791] of the field [07704].
19 The kings [04428] came [0935] and fought [03898], then fought [03898] the kings [04428] of Canaan [03667] in Taanach [08590] by the waters [04325] of Megiddo [04023]; they took [03947] no gain [01215] of money [03701].
20 They fought [03898] from heaven [08064]; the stars [03556] in their courses [04546] fought [03898] against Sisera [05516].
21 The river [05158] of Kishon [07028] swept them away [01640], that ancient [06917] river [05158], the river [05158] Kishon [07028]. O my soul [05315], thou hast trodden down [01869] strength [05797].
12 Awake [05782], awake [05782], Deborah [01683]: awake [05782], awake [05782], utter [01696] a song [07892]: arise [06965], Barak [01301], and lead thy captivity [07628] captive [07617], thou son [01121] of Abinoam [042].
16 But Barak [01301] pursued [07291] after [0310] the chariots [07393], and after the host [04264], unto Harosheth [02800] of the Gentiles [01471]: and all the host [04264] of Sisera [05516] fell [05307] upon the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; and there was not a man [0259] left [07604].