Judges 5:30

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'Are they not finding and dividing the spoils: a girl or two for each man, colorful garments for Sisera, colorful garments embroidered, highly embroidered garments for my neck—all this as plunder?'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    'Have they not found and divided the spoil? To every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments embroidered, dyed garments embroidered on both sides, for the necks of those who take the spoil?'

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Shulde they not finde & deuide the spoyle, vnto euery man a fayre mayde or two for a pray, & partye coloured garmetes of nedle worke to Sissera for a spoyle, partye coloured garmentes of nedle worke aboute the necke for a pray?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Haue they not gotten, and they deuide the spoyle? euery man hath a mayde or two. Sisera hath a praye of diuers coloured garmentes, a pray of sundry colours made of needle worke: of diuers colours of needle worke on both sides, for the chiefe of the spoyle.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Surely they haue found, they deuide the spoyles, euery man hath a damsell or two: Sisara hath a pray of diuers couloured garmentes, euen a pray of rayment dyed with sundry colours, and that are made of nedle worke: rayment of diuers colours and of nedle worke on both sydes, which is meete for him that is chiefe in distributing of ye spoyles.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man a damsel [or] two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, [meet] for the necks of [them that take] the spoil?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Do they not find? -- they apportion spoil, A female -- two females -- for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work -- a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Are they not getting, are they not parting the goods among them: a young girl or two to every man; and to Sisera robes of coloured needlework, worked in fair colours on this side and on that, for the neck of the queen?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    'Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    ‘No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder– a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!’

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.'
  • 2 Sam 13:18 : 18 Now she was wearing a richly ornamented robe, for this was how the virgin daughters of the king dressed in those days. So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 that the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment?
  • Ps 45:14 : 14 The royal daughter is glorious within; her clothing is interwoven with gold.
  • Gen 37:3 : 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was the child of his old age, and he made him a robe of many colors.

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    74%

    24Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

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    27At her feet he sank, he fell, there he lay. At her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell—dead.

    28Through the window peered Sisera's mother; behind the lattice she cried out, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?'

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  • Judg 4:13-18
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    71%

    13Sisera summoned all his chariots—nine hundred chariots made of iron—and all his troops who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the Kishon River.

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    16Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-hagoyim, and the entire army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.

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    71%

    25They answered, 'We will gladly give them.' So they spread out a garment, and each man threw a gold earring from his share of the plunder onto it.

  • Ps 68:12
    71%

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  • Judg 4:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

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    70%

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    70%

    31So may all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But may those who love You be like the sun when it rises in its strength. And the land was at peace for forty years.

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    69%

    27'Divide the plunder between the warriors who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.'

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    69%

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    69%

    29They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder.

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    69%

    53Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.

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    68%

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    68%

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    68%

    23Your ropes hang loose; they cannot hold the base of the mast firm, nor spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will seize the plunder.

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    2 verses
    68%

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    67%

    11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

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    3 verses
    67%

    20He said to her, "Stand at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' say, 'No.'"

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    22Just then, Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. She said, "Come, and I will show you the man you're looking for." So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.

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    67%

    21Zebah and Zalmunna said, 'Get up yourself and strike us down, for a man is judged by his strength.' So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

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    67%

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    67%

    2So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor, and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

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    67%

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    67%

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    67%

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    67%

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    67%

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    67%

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    67%

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