Judges 5:9
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye Jehovah.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10Tell [of it], ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.
Cross References
Judges 5:2For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless ye Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 17:16and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Jehovah; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
Psalms 103:2Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:
2 Corinthians 8:3For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, [they gave] of their own accord,
2 Corinthians 8:17For he accepted indeed our exhortation; but being himself very earnest, he went forth unto you of his own accord.
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 →