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Judges 5:22

And on some, who are doubting, have mercy;

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chiding;   Country;   Patriotism;   Sisera;   Thompson Chain Reference - Deborah;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Horse, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Barak;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Deborah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hymn;   Judges, Book of;   Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Barak;   Deborah;   Ephraim;   Hittites;   Israel;   Jashar, Book of;   Kishon;   Levi;   Manasseh;   Naphtali;   Poetry;   Simeon;   Sisera;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sisera ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Barak;   Pithom;   Sisera;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baal;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - War;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Horse;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Reason;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Deborah, the Song of;   Horse;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The horses’ hooves then hammered—the galloping, galloping of his stallions.
Hebrew Names Version
Then did the horse hoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
King James Version
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Lexham English Bible
"Then the hooves of the horse beat loudly, because of galloping, galloping of his stallions.
English Standard Version
"Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
New Century Version
Then the horses' hoofs beat the ground. Galloping, galloping go Sisera's mighty horses.
New English Translation
The horses' hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly.
Amplified Bible
"Then the horses' hoofs beat [loudly] Because of the galloping—the galloping of his valiant and powerful steeds.
New American Standard Bible
"Then the horses' hoofs beat From the galloping, the galloping of his mighty stallions.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then were the horsehooues broken with the oft beating together of their mightie men.
Contemporary English Version
Sisera's horses galloped off, their hoofs thundering in retreat.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the horses' hoofs pounded the ground, their mighty steeds galloping at full speed.
Darby Translation
Then did the horse-hoofs clatter with the coursings, The coursings of their steeds.
Easy-to-Read Version
The horses' hooves hammered the ground. Sisera's mighty horses ran and ran.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the hoofs of his horses fell down, were broken because of the prancing of his mighty ones.
Good News Translation
Then the horses came galloping on, stamping the ground with their hoofs.
Literal Translation
Then did the hooves of horses beat from the galloping, galloping of his mighty stallions.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then made the horse fete a rußshinge together, for the greate violence of their mightie horse men.
American Standard Version
Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
Bible in Basic English
Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then were the horse hoofes smitten asunder by the meanes of the praunsings that their mightie men made.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.
King James Version (1611)
Then were the horse hoofes broken, by the meanes of the pransings, the pransings of their mightie ones.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
When the hoofs of the horse were entangled, his mighty ones earnestly hasted
English Revised Version
Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the pransings, the pransings of their strong ones.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the hooves of horses thundered-the mad galloping of his stallions.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The hors howis felden, while the strongeste of enemyes fledden with bire, and felden heedli.
Young's Literal Translation
Then broken were the horse-heels, By pransings -- pransings of its mighty ones.
Update Bible Version
Then the horsehoofs stamped By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then were the horse's hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.
World English Bible
Then did the horse hoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
New King James Version
Then the horses' hooves pounded, The galloping, galloping of his steeds.
New Living Translation
Then the horses' hooves hammered the ground, the galloping, galloping of Sisera's mighty steeds.
New Life Bible
The beating of the feet of horses was loud, because the strong horses went fast.
New Revised Standard
"Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, stamped hoofs of horses, With the gallopings, gallopings of his mighty steeds.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The hoofs of the horses were broken whilst the stoutest of the enemies fled amain, and fell headlong down.
Revised Standard Version
"Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then the horses' hoofs beat From the dashing, the dashing of his valiant steeds.

Contextual Overview

12These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted; 13wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever. 14But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, 15to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." 16These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of their own benefit. 17But you, beloved, must remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18that they were saying to you, "In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts." 19These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, not having the Spirit. 20But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

horsehoofs: Anciently, horses were not shod; nor are they at the present day in some parts of the East. The flight was so rapid that the hoofs of their horses were splintered and broken by the roughness of the roads; in consequence of which they became lame, and could not carry off their riders. Psalms 20:7, Psalms 33:17, Psalms 147:10, Psalms 147:11, Isaiah 5:28, Jeremiah 47:4, Micah 4:13

prancings: or, tramplings, or, plungings

mighty ones: Or, as Dr. Waterland renders, "mighty horses," or "strong steeds," as Dr. Kennicott, i.e., their war-horses, which gives great energy to the text, and renders it perfectly intelligible.

Reciprocal: Job 39:21 - He paweth Jeremiah 8:16 - at the Jeremiah 47:3 - the noise Nahum 3:2 - noise

Cross-References

Genesis 5:5
So all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.
Genesis 5:6
And Seth lived 105 years and became the father of Enosh.
Genesis 5:24
Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among those in his generations; Noah walked with God.
Genesis 17:1
Now it happened that when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him,"I am God Almighty;Walk before Me and be blameless,
Genesis 24:40
And he said to me, ‘Yahweh, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and will make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my family and from my father's house.
Genesis 48:15
And he blessed Joseph and said,"May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,The God who has been my shepherd throughout my life to this day,
Exodus 16:4
Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My law.
Leviticus 26:12
I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.
Deuteronomy 5:33
In all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, you shall walk, that you may live and that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then were the horse hoofs broken by means of the pransings,.... Either through the force of the waters of the river, where they pranced and plunged, and could have no standing; or through the swift haste they made to run away, striking the earth so quick, and with such force and vehemence, that their hoofs were broken thereby, especially on stony ground, and so their speed retarded:

the pransings of the mighty ones; either their riders, princes, and great personages, who made them prance, leap, and run with great speed and force; or horses strong and mighty, being such as were selected for this purpose, and trained to war.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Probably an allusion to the frantic efforts of the chariot-horses to disengage themselves from the morass (Judges 4:15 note).

Mighty ones - Applied to bulls Psalms 22:12 and horses Jeremiah 8:16; Jeremiah 47:3; Jeremiah 50:11; elsewhere, as probably here, to men.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 5:22. Then were the horsehoofs broken — In very ancient times horses were not shod; nor are they to the present day in several parts of the East. Sisera had iron chariots when his hosts were routed; the horses that drew these, being strongly urged on by those who drove them, had their hoofs broken by the roughness of the roads; in consequence of which they became lame, and could not carry off their riders. This is marked as one cause of their disaster.


 
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