Judges 4 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

Deborah and Barak

1 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. (Jud 2:19) 2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. (Jos 11:1; Jos 11:10; Jud 2:14; Jud 4:13; Jud 4:16; 1Sa 12:9; Ps 83:9)

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3 Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years. (Jud 1:19; Jud 3:9; Jud 4:13) 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5 She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. (Jos 24:33) 6 She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun. (Jos 19:37; Jud 8:18; Heb 11:32) 7 And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, and I will give him into your hand’?” (Jud 3:28; Jud 4:13; Jud 5:21; 1Ki 18:40; Ps 83:9)

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8 Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” 9 And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. (Jud 2:14) 10 And Barak called out Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him. (Jud 5:18) 11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh. (Nu 10:29; Jos 19:33; Jud 1:16) 12 When Sisera was told that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 Sisera called out all his chariots, 900 chariots of iron, and all the men who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon. (Jud 4:3) 14 And Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the Lord go out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him. (De 9:3; Jud 4:7; 2Sa 5:24; Ps 68:7; Isa 52:12)

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15 And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak by the edge of the sword. And Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot. (Jos 10:10; Jud 4:23; Ps 83:9) 16 And Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left. 17 But Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me; do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. 19 And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. (Jud 5:25) 20 And he said to her, “Stand at the opening of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say, ‘No.’” 21 But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died. 22 And behold, as Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he went in to her tent, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in his temple. 23 So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel. (Jud 4:15) 24 And the hand of the people of Israel pressed harder and harder against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

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士师底波拉

1 以笏死后，以色列人又做耶和华视为恶的事。 2 耶和华把他们交在统治夏琐的迦南王耶宾手中。耶宾王的将军叫西西拉，住在夏罗设。 3 耶宾王拥有九百辆铁战车，他残暴地压迫以色列人二十年。以色列人向耶和华呼求。 4 当时做士师的是一位名叫底波拉的女先知，她是拉比多的妻子， 5 经常坐在以法莲山区拉玛和伯特利之间的底波拉棕树下，审理以色列人的事情。 6 她派人去拿弗他利的基低斯召来亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉，对他说：“以色列的上帝耶和华命你率领一万拿弗他利人和西布伦人上他泊山。 7 祂必使耶宾的将军西西拉率领全军和战车到基顺河与你交战，祂必把西西拉交在你手中。” 8 巴拉回答说：“你跟我去，我就去；你不跟我去，我就不去。” 9 底波拉说：“好，我一定与你同去。不过，你这次出征一定得不到荣耀，因为耶和华要把西西拉交在一名妇人手上。”于是，他们一同前往基低斯。 10 巴拉招聚了一万名拿弗他利人和西布伦人，底波拉与他一起出征。 11 摩西的岳父何巴的后人基尼人希百离开自己的族人，在基低斯附近撒拿音的橡树旁搭帐篷居住。 12 西西拉得知亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉已经上了他泊山， 13 便召集全军和九百辆铁战车离开夏罗设，向基顺河进军。 14 底波拉对巴拉说：“出击吧！今天耶和华要把西西拉交在你手中。看啊，耶和华已经率先出战了！”于是，巴拉率领一万人下了他泊山， 15 进攻西西拉。耶和华使西西拉的战车和军队惊慌失措，败在巴拉刀下。西西拉弃车徒步逃跑， 16 巴拉追击他的战车和军队，直到夏罗设。西西拉全军都死于刀下，无一幸免。 17 只有西西拉一人徒步逃到基尼人希百的妻子雅亿的帐篷，因为耶宾王和希百家向来友好。 18 雅亿出来迎接西西拉，对他说：“我主，请进，不用怕！”西西拉便走进帐篷，雅亿为他盖上毯子。 19 西西拉说：“我口渴，请给我一点水吧。”雅亿打开皮袋给他奶喝，然后又给他盖上毯子。 20 西西拉又说：“请你守着门口，倘若有人查问，你就说没人来过这里。” 21 西西拉因疲劳过度，沉沉入睡。雅亿乘机拿起锤子和一根帐篷的橛子，悄悄地走到他身旁，把橛子钉进他的太阳穴，直插到地里。西西拉就这样死了。 22 巴拉追来了，雅亿出来迎接他，对他说：“你找的人在这里，进来看看吧。”巴拉和她进了帐篷，见西西拉死在那里，太阳穴上还插着橛子。 23 那天，上帝使以色列人战胜了迦南王耶宾。 24 以色列人越战越勇，最终消灭了耶宾王。