Judges 5:4
in Judges 5O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
KJV
Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
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This verse in Judges 5
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Judges 5:4-5) Lord, when you went out from Seir and passed through the regions of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens and clouds poured down with water. It is said that the Lord went out from Seir and passed through Edom because the Edomites refused to receive his law, so he gave the law of Israel on Mount Sinai. The earth trembled, the heavens and clouds poured down with water. The earthquake of Mount Sinai is described.
This site's exposition
when You went out from Seir
on Judges 5:4-5
God comes up from the south, "from Seir" and "from the land of Edom", the march of Deuteronomy 33:2, Psalm 68:7-8 and Habakkuk 3:3. Naming "the One of Sinai", the song reaches back past Joshua and treats this battle as the same God on the same road.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The earth trembled - God prepared the way for his people, and struck a dread into their enemies, by earth-quakes as well as by other terrible signs. Dropped water - That is, thou didst send storms and tempests, thunder and lightning, and other tokens of thy displeasure upon thine enemies.
Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the fields of Edom,....
Or, (2.) It is meant of the appearances of God's glory and majesty to Israel, when he gave them his law at Mount Sinai. It was then literally true, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, &c. Let all the kings and princes know that this is the God whom Deborah praises, and not such mean and impotent deities as they paid their homage to.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
When thou wentest out of Seir - Here is an allusion to the giving of the law, and the manifestation of God’s power and glory at that time; and as this was the most signal display of his majesty and mercy in behalf of their forefathers, Deborah very properly begins her song with a commemoration of this transaction.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Compare Psa 68:7-9, and Hab 3:3-16. The three passages relate to the same events, and mutually explain each other. The subject of them is the triumphant march of Israel, with the Lord at their head, to take possession of Canaan, and the overthrow of Sihon, Og, and the Midianites. This march commenced from Kadesh, in the immediate neighborhood of Self, and the victories which followed were an exact parallel to the victory of Deborah and Barak, accompanied as it had been with the storm which made Kishon to overflow his banks.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּצֵאתְךָ֤ | betzetekha | when going out you | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִשֵּׂעִיר֙ | miseir | from Seir | H8165 → | |
| בְּצַעְדְּךָ֙ | betza'dekha | when marching you | H6805 → | |
| מִשְּׂדֵ֣ה | misedeh | from [the] region of | H7704 → | 334 times |
| אֱד֔וֹם | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| רָעָ֔שָׁה | raashah | it shook | H7493 → | |
| גַּם־ | gam- | both | H1571 → | 769 times |
| שָׁמַ֖יִם | shamayim | [the] heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| נָטָ֑פוּ | natafu | they dropped | H5197 → | |
| גַּם־ | gam- | as well as | H1571 → | 769 times |
| עָבִ֖ים | ʾavim | [the] clouds | H5645 → | |
| נָ֥טְפוּ | natefu | they dropped | H5197 → | |
| מָֽיִם׃ | mayim | water | H4325 → | 581 times |
יְהוָ֗הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּצֵאתְךָ֤when going out you
betzetekhaH3318 →1067 times
מִשֵּׂעִיר֙from Seir
miseirH8165 →
בְּצַעְדְּךָ֙when marching you
betza'dekhaH6805 →
מִשְּׂדֵ֣הfrom [the] region of
misedehH7704 →334 times
אֱד֔וֹםEdom
ʾedomH123 →99 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] earth
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
רָעָ֔שָׁהit shook
raashahH7493 →
גַּם־both
gam-H1571 →769 times
שָׁמַ֖יִם[the] heavens
shamayimH8064 →421 times
נָטָ֑פוּthey dropped
natafuH5197 →
גַּם־as well as
gam-H1571 →769 times
עָבִ֖ים[the] clouds
ʾavimH5645 →
נָ֥טְפוּthey dropped
natefuH5197 →
מָֽיִם׃water
mayimH4325 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
it leads to
- Habakkuk 3:3
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
- Jude 1:14
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Revelation 5:11
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Acts 7:53
you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
- Psalms 68:17
The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
- Habakkuk 3:3
Through
Job 9:6He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
it leads to
- Hebrews 12:26
At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
- Psalms 75:3
When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
- Haggai 2:6
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
- Hebrews 12:26
Where this verse is studied
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About Judges
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on the Song of Deborah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.