Judges 5:1
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
In Context
2Praise all of you the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Cross References
Exodus 15:1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.
Numbers 21:17Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing all of you unto it:
1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoices in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in your salvation.
2 Chronicles 20:21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endures for ever.
Job 38:7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Isaiah 12:1And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, yours anger is turned away, and you comforted 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 →