Judges 5:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
Villagers in Israel would not fight; they held back until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel.

New Living Translation
There were few people left in the villages of Israel— until Deborah arose as a mother for Israel.

English Standard Version
The villagers ceased in Israel; they ceased to be until I arose; I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.

Berean Study Bible
Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

New American Standard Bible
“The peasantry came to an end, they came to an end in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.

NASB 1995
"The peasantry ceased, they ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.

NASB 1977
“The peasantry ceased, they ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.

Amplified Bible
“The villagers ceased to be; they ceased in Israel Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
Villages were deserted, they were deserted in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Villages were deserted, they were deserted in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

Contemporary English Version
and villagers couldn't work in their fields. Then Deborah took command, protecting Israel as a mother protects her children.

Good News Translation
The towns of Israel stood abandoned, Deborah; they stood empty until you came, came like a mother for Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Villages in Israel were deserted- deserted until I, Deborah, took a stand- took a stand as a mother of Israel.

International Standard Version
Rural populations plummeted in Israel; until I, Deborah, arose; until I—an Israeli mother—arose.

NET Bible
Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

New King James Version
Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Arose a mother in Israel.

King James 2000 Bible
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

New Heart English Bible
The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.

World English Bible
The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.

American King James Version
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

American Standard Version
The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

A Faithful Version
The leaders ceased in Israel, they ceased until I, Deborah, arose; until I arose, a mother in Israel.

Darby Bible Translation
The villages ceased in Israel, Ceased until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

English Revised Version
The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The townes were not inhabited: they decayed, I say, in Israel, vntill I Deborah came vp, which rose vp a mother in Israel.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The inhabitants of the townes were gone, they were gone in Israel, vntyll I Debora came vp, which came vp a mother in Israel.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
There was scarcenesse, there was scarcenesse of housbande men in Israel, vntyll I Debbora came vp, vntyll I came vp a mother in Israel.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Villages ceased in Israel—they ceased, "" Until I arose—Deborah, "" That I arose, a mother in Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
Villages ceased in Israel -- they ceased, Till that I arose -- Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.

Smith's Literal Translation
The rulers ceased in Israel: they ceased Till I, Deborah, arose: I arose a mother in Israel.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel: until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The strong men ceased, and they rested in Israel, until Deborah rose up, until a mother rose up in Israel.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
They cut off the open spaces of Israel, they cut off until I arose; I Debora stood a mother in Israel

Lamsa Bible
The little villages ceased in Israel; they ceased, until I Deborah arose, I arose as a mother in Israel.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that thou didst arise, Deborah, That thou didst arise a mother in Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The mighty men in Israel failed, they failed until Debbora arose, until she arose a mother in Israel.
















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