Judges 4:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And she sat under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    She would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came up to her for judgment.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And she lived{H3427} under the palm-tree{H8560} of Deborah{H1683} between Ramah{H7414} and Beth-el{H1008} in the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim:{H669} and the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} came up{H5927} to her for judgment.{H4941}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And she dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} under the palm tree{H8560} of Deborah{H1683} between Ramah{H7414} and Bethel{H1008} in mount{H2022} Ephraim{H669}: and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} came up{H5927}{(H8799)} to her for judgment{H4941}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and she dwelt vnder ye palme of Debbora betwene Rama & Bethel, vpon mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came vp vnto her to the lawe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And this Deborah dwelt vnder a palme tree, betweene Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came vp to her for iudgement.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the same Debora dwelt vnder a paulme tree, betweene Ramath & Bethel, in mount Ephraim: And the children of Israel came vp to her for iudgment.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up unto her for judgment.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    (And she had her seat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her to be judged.)

  • World English Bible (2000)

    She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 35:8 : 8 But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and its name was called Allonbachuth.
  • Exod 18:13 : 13 And it happened on the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood by Moses from morning until evening.
  • Exod 18:16 : 16 When they have a dispute, they come to me, and I judge between one and another, and make them know the statutes of God and His laws.
  • Exod 18:19 : 19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you. Be for the people a representative to God, that you may bring the causes to God.
  • Exod 18:26 : 26 And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses, 9 and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment. 10 You shall do according to the decision they give you at the place which the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you. 11 According to the sentence of the law which they teach you, and according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence they show you, to the right hand or to the left. 12 The man who acts presumptuously and will not listen to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.
  • Josh 16:2 : 2 And continues from Bethel to Luz, and passes along to the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
  • Josh 18:22 : 22 Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
  • Josh 18:25 : 25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
  • 1 Sam 1:1 : 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house at Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her.
  • 1 Sam 6:16-17 : 16 When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 17 These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;
  • 1 Sam 25:1 : 1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites gathered together, and mourned him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
  • 2 Sam 15:2-6 : 2 And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the gate, and it was so, that when any man who had a controversy came to the king for judgment, Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. 3 And Absalom said to him, See, your matters are good and right; but there is no man appointed by the king to hear you. 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would grant him justice! 5 And it was so, that when any man came near to him to do obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 6 And Absalom did this to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
  • Jer 31:15 : 15 Thus says the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

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    2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

    3 And the children of Israel cried to the LORD, for Sisera had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

    4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

  • Judg 4:6-15
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    6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, Has not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go, and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

    7 And I will draw Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude, to you at the river Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.

    8 And Barak said to her, If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, then I will not go.

    9 And she said, I will surely go with you; nevertheless the journey that you take shall not be for your glory, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. So Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

    10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet, and Deborah went up with him.

    11 Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanaim, which is near Kedesh.

    12 And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.

    13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles to the river Kishon.

    14 And Deborah said to Barak, Arise; for this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Is not the LORD gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

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    6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and the travelers walked through byways.

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    8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

  • Judg 5:1-2
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    1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

    2 Praise the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

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    8 But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and its name was called Allonbachuth.

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    11 Those who are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of His villages in Israel; then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

    12 Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song; arise, Barak, and lead your captives captive, son of Abinoam.

  • Judg 4:17-23
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    17 However, Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

    18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; do not fear. And when he had turned in to her into the tent, she covered him with a blanket.

    19 And he said to her, Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. So she opened a jug of milk and gave him a drink, and covered him.

    20 Then he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and asks you, Is there a man here? you shall say, No.

    21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand, went softly to him, and drove the peg into his temples, and it went down into the ground, for he was fast asleep and exhausted. So he died.

    22 And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. And when he came into her tent, there lay Sisera dead, with the peg in his temples.

    23 So God subdued Jabin king of Canaan on that day before the children of Israel.

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    16 And he went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.

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    15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak; he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

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    1 Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us; they shall strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

  • Judg 5:24-26
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    24 Blessed above women shall Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

    25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a noble dish.

    26 She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and with the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck off his head, when she had pierced and struck through his temples.

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    45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,

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    18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Who shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

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