Judges 5:10
New International Version
“You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on your saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, consider

New Living Translation
“Consider this, you who ride on fine donkeys, you who sit on fancy saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road.

English Standard Version
“Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.

Berean Standard Bible
You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

King James Bible
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

New King James Version
“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, Who sit in judges’ attire, And who walk along the road.

New American Standard Bible
“You who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road—shout in praise!

NASB 1995
“You who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road— sing!

NASB 1977
“You who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road—sing!

Legacy Standard Bible
You who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road—muse aloud!

Amplified Bible
“Sing of it, you who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who walk by the way.

Christian Standard Bible
You who ride on white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and who travel on the road, give praise!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You who ride on white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and who travel on the road, give praise!

American Standard Version
Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And riders of white donkeys and dwellers in houses and those walking in the roads

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Ye that mount a she-ass at noon-day, ye that sit on the judgement-seat, and walk by the roads of them that sit in judgement by the way; declare

Contemporary English Version
Listen, everyone! Whether you ride a donkey with a padded saddle or have to walk.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Speak, you that ride upon fair asses, and you that sit in judgment, and walk in the way.

English Revised Version
Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on rich carpets, and ye that walk by the way.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You people who ride on brown donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and who walk on the road-think.

Good News Translation
Tell of it, you that ride on white donkeys, sitting on saddles, and you that must walk wherever you go.

International Standard Version
"Speak up, you who ride white donkeys, sitting on cloth saddles while you travel on your way!

JPS Tanakh 1917
Ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich cloths, And ye that walk by the way, tell of it;

Literal Standard Version
Riders on white donkeys—Sitters on a long robe—And walkers by the way—meditate!

Majority Standard Bible
You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

New American Bible
Those who ride on white donkeys, seated on saddle rugs, and those who travel the road, Sing of them

NET Bible
You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention!

New Revised Standard Version
“Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.

New Heart English Bible
"Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on saddle blankets, and you who walk by the way.

Webster's Bible Translation
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

World English Bible
“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.

Young's Literal Translation
Riders on white asses -- Sitters on a long robe -- And walkers by the way -- meditate!

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Song of Deborah and Barak
9My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD! 10You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder 11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:…

Cross References
Judges 10:4
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

Judges 12:14
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.


Treasury of Scripture

Speak, you that ride on white asses, you that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

speak.

Psalm 105:2
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

Psalm 145:5,11
I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works…

ride

Judges 10:4
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

Judges 12:14
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

ye that sit

Psalm 107:32
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

Isaiah 28:6
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

Joel 3:12
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

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Judges 5
1. The Song of Deborah and Barak














(10) Speak.--Rather, Think of it. or, perhaps, "Meditate the song." It is placed in the original in far more forcible position at the end of the verse.

Ye that ride on white asses.--That is, nobles and wealthy (Judges 10:4; Judges 12:14). The word can hardly mean "white," because there are no such things as white asses. It means rather "bright-coloured" (Ezekiel 27:18), "glossy-skinned," or "dappled" (super nitentes asinos, Vulg.). These were the more valuable sort of asses, and were used by the rich and great. It is only because this was not understood among the Greeks and Romans, who despised the ass, that the LXX. and Josephus so often disguise the word in writing for Gentiles, using p?lon, "steed," or the general word hupozugion, "beast of burden," instead. No incident was more derided among the Gentiles than the riding to Zion of her king, "meek and sitting upon an ass" (Zechariah 9:9), (see the Life of Christ, 2:197). Here though the Alexandrine MS. of the LXX has "on female asses of the South "--i.e., of Ethiopia--we find in other MSS. "on beasts of burden."

Ye that sit in judgment.--Rather, ye that sit on rich divans, though our version follows the Vatican MS. of the LXX., the Chaldee, and the Vulgate. The Hebrew is, "ye that sit on middin," and some Jews understood it to mean "at Middin"--i.e., ye inhabitants of the town Middin (which is mentioned in Joshua 15:61, and which they suppose may have been peculiarly oppressed and insulted by the enemy). Others, again, suppose that middin is saddle-cloths (comp. Matthew 21:7). The Alexandrine MS. of the LXX. has epi lampenom--i.e., on sedans or covered chariots. There can be little doubt that it means "bright carpets" (compare mad in Psalm 109:18). . . .

Verse 10. - She appeals to the nobles who ride on white (or roan) asses, and sit on rich saddle-cloths (not sit in judgment), and to the people who walk by the way, alike to speak of the great deliverance.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You who ride
רֹכְבֵי֩ (rō·ḵə·ḇê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

white
צְחֹר֜וֹת (ṣə·ḥō·rō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 6715: White

donkeys,
אֲתֹנ֨וֹת (’ă·ṯō·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 860: A female donkey

who sit
יֹשְׁבֵ֧י (yō·šə·ḇê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

saddle blankets,
מִדִּ֛ין (mid·dîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4055: Extent, height, a measure, a vesture, a carpet

and you who travel
וְהֹלְכֵ֥י (wə·hō·lə·ḵê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

the road,
דֶּ֖רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

ponder
שִֽׂיחוּ׃ (śî·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7878: To muse, complain, talk (of)


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