Judges 5:20 KJV — MannaFest

Judges 5:20

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

KJV

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ASV

From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera.

WEB

From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

YLT

From the heavens they fought: The stars from their highways fought with Sisera.

DBT

From heaven was the fight; The stars from their courses fought with Sisera.

About this book

Old Testament

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Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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12 verses on the floor

Exodus 14:14
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Joshua 10:11
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth–horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
Judges 4:15
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.
Psalms 77:17–18
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
1 Samuel 7:10
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.

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describes the scene of battle and the issue. It would seem (Jud 5:19) that Jabin was reinforced by the troops of other Canaanite princes. The battlefield was near Taanach (now Ta'annuk), on a tell or mound in the level plain of Megiddo (now Leijun), on its southwestern extremity, by the left bank of the Kishon. they took no gain of money--They obtained no plunder.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The Chaldee reads it, from heaven, from the place where the stars go forth, war was waged against Sisera, that is, the power of the God of heaven was engaged against him, making use of the ministration of the angels of heaven.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H551621× in canon H454627× in canon H3898177× in canon

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JDG 5:20JDG 4:15 JOS 10:10
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JDG 5:20JOS 10:11 ISA 28:2
JDG 5:201SA 7:10 1SA 2:10
JDG 5:201SA 7:10 1SA 12:17
JDG 5:20JDG 4:15 PSA 83:9-10
JDG 5:201SA 7:10 2SA 22:14-15
JDG 5:20JOS 10:11 PSA 18:12-14
JDG 5:20JOS 10:11 EXO 9:22-26

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