12 “Awake! Awake, Deborah!
Awake! Awake, sing a song!
Arise, Barak,
and take your prisoners,
son of Abinoam!”
13 Then the survivors(A) came down to the nobles;(B)
the Lord’s people came down to me[a] against the warriors.
14 Those with their roots in Amalek[b] came from Ephraim;
Benjamin came with your people after you.
The leaders came down from Machir,(C)
and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.

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  1. 5:13 LXX reads down for him
  2. 5:14 LXX reads in the valley

12 ‘Wake up,(A) wake up, Deborah!(B)
    Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!(C)
    Take captive your captives,(D) son of Abinoam.’

13 “The remnant of the nobles came down;
    the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.
14 Some came from Ephraim,(E) whose roots were in Amalek;(F)
    Benjamin(G) was with the people who followed you.
From Makir(H) captains came down,
    from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s[a] staff.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.