In those times it was not safe for anyone to go or come, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.
Judges 5:6 - New Revised Standard Version “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased and travelers kept to the byways. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition After the days of Shamgar son of Anath, after the days of Jael [meaning here Ehud] the caravans ceased, travelers walked through byways. American Standard Version (1901) In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways. Common English Bible In the days of Shamgar, Anath’s son, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased. Those traveling by road kept to the backroads. Catholic Public Domain Version In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the paths were quiet. And whoever entered by them, walked along rough byways. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the days of Samgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jahel the paths rested: and they that went by them walked through by-ways. |
In those times it was not safe for anyone to go or come, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.
But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers. Peace be upon Israel!
The highways are deserted, travelers have quit the road. The treaty is broken, its oaths are despised, its obligation is disregarded.
Do not go out into the field, or walk on the road; for the enemy has a sword, terror is on every side.”
The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to the festivals; all her gates are desolate, her priests groan; her young girls grieve, and her lot is bitter.
They dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered; for our end had come.
I will let loose wild animals against you, and they shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock; they shall make you few in number, and your roads shall be deserted.
Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.
After him came Shamgar son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad. He too delivered Israel.
The peasantry prospered in Israel, they grew fat on plunder, because you arose, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.