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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 5:1-31

Chapter 5And then sang Deborah and Barak the song of Abinoam on that day, saying [or Barak the son of Abinoam] ( Judges 5:1 )So this is the song of Deborah and Barak,[Hallelujah,] Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 5:1-31

Judges 5:4 . When thou wentest out of Seir. God came from Teman, in Seir; he covered the heavens with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise. Habakkuk 3:3. In like manner he now arose to save Israel. Judges 5:7 . The villages ceased. In this time of sore oppression, the people fled to walled towns for safety and defence. Judges 5:8 . Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand? The enemies and oppressors had stripped the land of armour; this accounts for Shamgar’s... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 5:28-30

Judges 5:28-30Why is his chariot so long in coming?why tarry the wheels of his chariots? The delayed chariotThe language of this hoping, yet half-despairing and disconsolate mother, has been, I presume, the language of multitudes some time or other in the stern fight of existence and the moral campaign of consecrated life. When God has tarried in His pavilion of cloud, withholding both Himself and His blessings, our hearts have struggled and our lips quivered with wondering desire to know the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 5:30

Jdg 5:30 Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man a damsel [or] two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, [meet] for the necks of [them that take] the spoil? Ver. 30. Have they not sped? ] Yes, they are sped, they have their passport, and your hopes hop headless. To every man a damsel or two. ] The Hebrew word signifieth, vulvam vel uterum; so they call the Israelitish damsels by... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Judges 5:30

Have they not sped: Exodus 15:9, Job 20:5 every man: Heb. the head of a man of divers: Genesis 37:3, 2 Samuel 13:18, Psalms 45:14 Reciprocal: Exodus 27:16 - needlework Judges 5:19 - they took Judges 15:14 - the Philistines 2 Samuel 1:24 - General 1 Kings 2:9 - hold him 2 Kings 3:23 - now therefore Psalms 124:6 - who hath not read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Judges 5:30

Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?Have they not, … — That is, it is certain they have got the prey, only they tarry to distribute it, according to every man's quality and merit. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 5:30

30. The spoil The spoil, or booty, as the context shows, was supposed to consist of captive girls and rich garments. None but oriental females would speculate in the manner here portrayed. Their joy would be, not that the enemy was defeated, and great deeds of arms had brought glory to their country, and to their fathers, husbands, and sons, but that much spoil had been taken, and especially of that kind in which females delighted. Two maidens, to the head of a hero That is, one or two... read more

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