Judges 5:1
Then Debora and Barak the sonne of Abinoam sange the same day, saying:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
In Context
2Prayse ye the Lord, for the auengyng of Israel, and for the people that became so willing.
Cross References
Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, O Lorde I wyll prayse thee, for thou wast displeased at me: but refrayne thou from thy wrath, and comfort me.
Matthew Henry on Judges 5:1
This chapter contains the triumphal song which was composed and sung upon occasion of that glorious victory which Israel obtained over the forces of Jabin king of Canaan and the happy consequences of that victory. Probably it was usual then to publish poems upon such occasions, as now; but this only is preserved of all the poems of that age of the judges, because dictated by Deborah a prophetess, designed for a psalm of praise then, and a pattern of praise to after-ages, and it gives a great deal of light to the… Read the whole commentary →