Judges 5:9
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Jehovah!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10Ye that ride on white she-asses, ye that sit on carpets, and ye that walk by the way, consider.
Cross References
Judges 5:2For that leaders led in Israel, For that the people willingly offered themselves, Bless Jehovah!
2 Chronicles 17:16and next to him, Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Jehovah; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
Psalms 103:2Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
2 Corinthians 8:3For according to [their] power, I bear witness, and beyond [their] power, [they were] willing of their own accord,
2 Corinthians 8:17For he received indeed the entreaty, but, being full of zeal, he went of his own accord to you;
Matthew Henry on Judges 5:7-12
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord . 10 Speak, ye that ride… Read the whole commentary →