Judges 5:8
“They chose new gods; then was warre in the gates: was there a shield or speare seene among fourtie thousand in Israel?”
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Judges 5:8 Context
6In the dayes of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the dayes of Iael, the high wayes were vnoccupied, and the traueilers walked thorow by-wayes. 7The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, vntill that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8They chose new gods; then was warre in the gates: was there a shield or speare seene among fourtie thousand in Israel? 9My heart is toward the gouernours of Israel, that offered themselues willingly among the people: Blesse ye the Lord. 10Speake yee that ride on white asses, yee that sit in Iudgement, and walke by the way.
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They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- King James Version
"New gods were chosen; Then war {was} in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)