Judges 5:10

"Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way. Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah, Even the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates."

"Ye that ride on white asses ... sit on rich carpets" (Judges 5:10). Only rulers, magistrates and the wealthy customarily rode on white asses. The "rich carpets" were somewhat like "saddle blankets," except that they were the "saddles."

"Far from the noise of archers" (Judges 5:11). Due to difficulties in the text here, several meanings have been proposed by various scholars, but by far, the most reasonable outline of what is meant here is given in the KJV, namely, "Those who can now draw water from the wells without being molested by the hostile archers shall sing praises to God in the very places where they were wont to be attacked."[23] Yates also cited Keil's translation of this place: "With the drawers of water, there praise ye the righteous acts of the Lord,"[24] adding that, "This presupposes a scene of victory in which the warriors, having returned from the field of battle, mingle with the women at the watering-troughs, recounting to them the victories wrought by God."

The difference in these two understandings is in the identity assigned to the archers. In the first, the archers are enemies, and in the second the archers are victorious Israelites. We cannot tell, which is the accurate view, but the significant thing in both understandings of the passage is that Israel is celebrating an overwhelming victory.