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Sagradas Escrituras
Jueces 5:20
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Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- CondensedParallel Translations
Desde los cielos las estrellas pelearon, desde sus órbitas pelearon contra Sísara.
De los cielos pelearon: Las estrellas desde sus órbitas pelearon contra Sísara.
De los cielos pelearon; las estrellas desde sus órbitas pelearon contra Sísara.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fought: Joshua 10:11, 1 Samuel 7:10, Psalms 77:17, Psalms 77:18
the stars: Judges 4:15
courses: Heb. paths
Reciprocal: Exodus 14:14 - the Lord Exodus 14:27 - Lord 2 Samuel 18:8 - General 2 Samuel 22:14 - thundered Psalms 66:3 - How terrible Psalms 76:8 - didst Psalms 119:91 - all are Jeremiah 46:15 - thy
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They fought from heaven,.... Either the angels of heaven, afterwards called stars; or the heavens, the elements, fought for Israel, and against Sisera; a violent storm of rain and hail falling at this time, which discomfited Sisera's army; :-, or this victory was obtained in such a manner as plainly showed it was not of man, but of God from heaven; so the Targum,
"from heaven war was made with them;''
with the kings before mentioned; God fought against them, and no wonder they were conquered:
the stars in their courses fought against Sisera it seems as if it was in the night that this battle was fought, at least that the pursuit lasted till night, when the stars by their brightness and clear shining favoured the Israelites, and were greatly to the disadvantage of the Canaanites; unless it can be thought, as is by some, that the stars had an influence to cause a tempest of rain, hail, thunder, and lightnings, by which the army of Sisera was discomfited in the daytime, as before observed.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
God fought on the side of Israel, and gave them the victory. Josephus relates that, just as the battle began, a violent tempest came on with a great downfall of rain; and a hailstorm, which, driving full in the faces of the Canaanites, so blinded and benumbed them with cold, that they could neither use their bows with effect nor even hold their swords.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Judges 5:20. They fought from heaven — The angels of God came to the assistance of Israel: and the stars in their orbits fought against Sisera; probably some thunder storm, or great inundation from the river Kishon, took place at that time, which in poetic language was attributed to the stars. So our poet sung relative to the storms which dispersed the Spanish armada in 1588: -
"Both winds and waves at once conspire
To aid old England-frustrate Spain's desire."
Perhaps it means no more than this: the time which was measured and ruled by the heavenly bodies seemed only to exist for the destruction of the Canaanites. There may be also a reference to the sun and moon standing still in the days of Joshua.
