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World English Bible

Judges 4 (WEBP)

[1] The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
[2] Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
[3] The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.
[4] Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time.
[5] She lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
[6] She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘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] I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
[8] Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
[9] She said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the journey that you take won’t be for your honor; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into a woman’s hand.” Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
[10] Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him.
[11] Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
[12] They told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.
[13] 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] Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
[15] Yahweh confused Sisera, all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled away on his feet.
[16] But Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.
[17] However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
[18] Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid.” He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
[19] He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” She opened a container of milk, and gave him a drink, and covered him.
[20] He said to her, “Stand in the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’”
[21] Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.
[22] 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.” He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.
[23] So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day.
[24] The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Judges 4 (KJVS)

[1] And the children of Israel again () did () evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. ()
[2] And the Lord sold () them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned () in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt () in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
[3] And the children of Israel cried () unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed () the children of Israel.
[4] And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged () Israel at that time.
[5] 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.
[6] And she sent () and called () Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said () unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, () saying, Go () and draw () toward mount Tabor, and take () with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
[7] And I will draw () unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver () him into thine hand.
[8] And Barak said () unto her, If thou wilt go () with me, then I will go: () but if thou wilt not go () with me, then I will not go. ()
[9] And she said, () I will surely () go () with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest () shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell () Sisera into the hand of a woman. And 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, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law () of Moses, had severed () himself from the Kenites, and pitched () his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
[12] And they shewed () Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up () to mount Tabor.
[13] And Sisera gathered together () all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
[14] And Deborah said () unto Barak, Up; () for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered () Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out () before thee? So Barak went down () from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
[15] And the Lord discomfited () Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down () off his chariot, and fled away () on his feet.
[16] But Barak pursued () after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell () upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. ()
[17] Howbeit Sisera fled away () on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
[18] And Jael went out () to meet () Sisera, and said () unto him, Turn in, () my lord, turn in () to me; fear () not. And when he had turned in () unto her into the tent, she covered () him with a mantle.
[19] And he said () unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; () for I am thirsty. () And she opened () a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, () and covered () him.
[20] Again he said () unto her, Stand in () the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come () and enquire () of thee, and say, () Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, () No.
[21] Then Jael Heber’s wife took () a nail of the tent, and took () an hammer in her hand, and went () softly unto him, and smote () the nail into his temples, and fastened () it into the ground: for he was fast asleep () and weary. () So he died. ()
[22] And, behold, as Barak pursued () Sisera, Jael came out () to meet () him, and said () unto him, Come, () and I will shew () thee the man whom thou seekest. () And when he came () into her tent, behold, Sisera lay () dead, () and the nail was in his temples.
[23] So God subdued () on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
[24] And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, () () and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed () Jabin king of Canaan.

Judges 4:13 Heb. gathered by cry or proclamation
Judges 4:16 Heb. unto one
Judges 4:18 Or, rug, or blanket
Judges 4:21 Heb. put

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Judges 4 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () προσέθεντο () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἔναντι () κυρίου. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἀπέδοτο () αὐτοὺς () κύριος () ἐν () χειρὶ () Ιαβιν βασιλέως () Χανααν, () ὃς () ἐβασίλευσεν () ἐν () Ασωρ· καὶ () ὁ () ἄρχων () τῆς () δυνάμεως () αὐτοῦ () Σισαρα, καὶ () αὐτὸς () κατῴκει () ἐν () Αρισωθ τῶν () ἐθνῶν. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἐκέκραξαν οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () κύριον, () ὅτι () ἐννακόσια ἅρματα () σιδηρᾶ () ἦν () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἔθλιψεν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () κατὰ () κράτος () εἴκοσι () ἔτη. ()
[4] Καὶ () Δεββωρα γυνὴ () προφῆτις () γυνὴ () Λαφιδωθ, αὐτὴ () ἔκρινεν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () ἐν () τῷ () καιρῷ () ἐκείνῳ. ()
[5] Καὶ () αὐτὴ () ἐκάθητο () ὑπὸ () φοίνικα () Δεββωρα ἀνὰ () μέσον () Ραμα () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () Βαιθηλ ἐν () ὄρει () Εφραιμ, () καὶ () ἀνέβαινον () πρὸς () αὐτὴν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ἐκεῖ () τοῦ () κρίνεσθαι. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Δεββωρα καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸν () Βαρακ () υἱὸν () Αβινεεμ ἐκ () Κεδες Νεφθαλι () καὶ () εἶπεν πρὸς () αὐτόν () Οὐχὶ () σοὶ () ἐνετείλατο () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἀπελεύσῃ () εἰς () ὄρος () Θαβωρ καὶ () λήμψῃ () μετὰ () σεαυτοῦ () δέκα () χιλιάδας () ἀνδρῶν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Νεφθαλι () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ζαβουλων; ()
[7] Καὶ () ἀπάξω () πρὸς () σὲ () εἰς () τὸν () χειμάρρουν () Κισων τὸν () Σισαρα ἄρχοντα () τῆς () δυνάμεως () Ιαβιν καὶ () τὰ () ἅρματα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὸ () πλῆθος () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () παραδώσω () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῇ () χειρί () σου. ()
[8] Καὶ () εἶπεν πρὸς () αὐτὴν () Βαρακ () Ἐὰν () πορευθῇς () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ, () πορεύσομαι, () καὶ () ἐὰν () μὴ () πορευθῇς () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ, () οὐ () πορεύσομαι· () ὅτι () οὐκ () οἶδα () τὴν () ἡμέραν, () ἐν () ᾗ () εὐοδοῖ () κύριος () τὸν () ἄγγελον () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ. ()
[9] Καὶ () εἶπεν πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Δεββωρα Πορευομένη () πορεύσομαι () μετὰ () σοῦ· () πλὴν () γίνωσκε () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔσται () τὸ () προτέρημά σου () εἰς () τὴν () ὁδόν, () ἣν () σὺ () πορεύῃ, () ὅτι () ἐν () χειρὶ () γυναικὸς () ἀποδώσεται () κύριος () τὸν () Σισαρα. Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Δεββωρα καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () μετὰ () τοῦ () Βαρακ () εἰς () Κεδες.
[10] Καὶ () παρήγγειλεν () Βαρακ () τῷ () Ζαβουλων () καὶ () τῷ () Νεφθαλι () εἰς () Κεδες, καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () κατὰ () πόδας () αὐτοῦ () δέκα () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν· () καὶ () Δεββωρα ἀνέβη () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[11] Καὶ () οἱ () πλησίον () τοῦ () Κιναίου ἐχωρίσθησαν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ιωβαβ γαμβροῦ Μωυσῆ, () καὶ () ἔπηξεν () τὴν () σκηνὴν () αὐτοῦ () πρὸς () δρῦν ἀναπαυομένων, () ἥ () ἐστιν () ἐχόμενα () Κεδες.
[12] Καὶ () ἀνήγγειλαν () τῷ () Σισαρα ὅτι () ἀνέβη () Βαρακ () υἱὸς () Αβινεεμ ἐπ’ () ὄρος () Θαβωρ.
[13] Καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () Σισαρα πάντα () τὰ () ἅρματα () αὐτοῦ () [ὅτι () ἐννακόσια ἅρματα () σιδηρᾶ () ἦν () αὐτῷ] () καὶ () πάντα () τὸν () λαὸν () τὸν () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () Αρισωθ τῶν () ἐθνῶν () εἰς () τὸν () χειμάρρουν () Κισων.
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν Δεββωρα πρὸς () Βαρακ () Ἀνάστηθι, () ὅτι () αὕτη () ἡ () ἡμέρα, () ἐν () ᾗ () παρέδωκεν () κύριος () τὸν () Σισαρα ἐν () χειρί () σου· () οὐκ () ἰδοὺ () κύριος () ἐλεύσεται () ἔμπροσθέν () σου; () Καὶ () κατέβη () Βαρακ () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ὄρους () Θαβωρ καὶ () δέκα () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἐξέστησεν () κύριος () τὸν () Σισαρα καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () ἅρματα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πᾶσαν () τὴν () παρεμβολὴν () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () στόματι () ῥομφαίας () ἐνώπιον Βαρακ· () καὶ () κατέβη () Σισαρα ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ἅρματος () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἔφυγεν () τοῖς () ποσὶν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[16] Καὶ () Βαρακ () διώκων () ὀπίσω () τῶν () ἁρμάτων () καὶ () ὀπίσω () τῆς () παρεμβολῆς () ἕως () δρυμοῦ τῶν () ἐθνῶν· () καὶ () ἔπεσεν () πᾶσα () ἡ () παρεμβολὴ () Σισαρα ἐν () στόματι () ῥομφαίας, () οὐ () κατελείφθη () ἕως () ἑνός. ()
[17] Καὶ () Σισαρα ἀνεχώρησεν () τοῖς () ποσὶν () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () σκηνὴν () Ιαηλ γυναικὸς () Χαβερ τοῦ () Κιναίου, ὅτι () εἰρήνη () ἀνὰ () μέσον () Ιαβιν βασιλέως () Ασωρ καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () οἴκου () Χαβερ τοῦ () Κιναίου.
[18] Καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () Ιαηλ εἰς () ἀπάντησιν () Σισαρα καὶ () εἶπεν πρὸς () αὐτόν () Ἔκνευσον, () κύριέ () μου, () ἔκνευσον () πρός () με, () μὴ () φοβοῦ· καὶ () ἐξένευσεν () πρὸς () αὐτὴν () εἰς () τὴν () σκηνήν, () καὶ () συνεκάλυψεν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῇ () δέρρει αὐτῆς. ()
[19] Καὶ () εἶπεν Σισαρα πρὸς () αὐτήν () Πότισόν () με () δὴ () μικρὸν () ὕδωρ, () ὅτι () ἐδίψησα· () καὶ () ἤνοιξεν () τὸν () ἀσκὸν () τοῦ () γάλακτος () καὶ () ἐπότισεν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () συνεκάλυψεν () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ. ()
[20] Καὶ () εἶπεν πρὸς () αὐτήν () Στῆθι () ἐν () τῇ () θύρᾳ () τῆς () σκηνῆς, () καὶ () ἔσται () ἐάν () τις () ἔλθῃ () πρὸς () σὲ () καὶ () ἐρωτήσῃ () σε () καὶ () εἴπῃ σοι () Ἔστιν () ἐνταῦθα ἀνήρ; () Καὶ () ἐρεῖς () Οὐκ () ἔστιν· () καὶ () συνεκάλυψεν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῇ () δέρρει αὐτῆς. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Ιαηλ γυνὴ () Χαβερ τὸν () πάσσαλον τῆς () σκηνῆς () καὶ () ἔθηκεν () τὴν () σφῦραν ἐν () τῇ () χειρὶ () αὐτῆς () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () ἡσυχῇ καὶ () ἐνέκρουσεν τὸν () πάσσαλον ἐν () τῇ () γνάθῳ αὐτοῦ () καὶ () διήλασεν ἐν () τῇ () γῇ, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἀπεσκάρισεν ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () γονάτων () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἐξέψυξεν () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () Βαρακ () διώκων () τὸν () Σισαρα, καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () Ιαηλ εἰς () ἀπαντὴν αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἶπεν αὐτῷ () Δεῦρο () καὶ () δείξω σοι () τὸν () ἄνδρα, () ὃν () σὺ () ζητεῖς. () Καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () πρὸς () αὐτήν, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () Σισαρα πεπτωκὼς () νεκρός, () καὶ () ὁ () πάσσαλος ἐν () τῇ () γνάθῳ αὐτοῦ. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἐταπείνωσεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () Ιαβιν βασιλέα () Χανααν () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () ἐνώπιον υἱῶν () Ισραηλ. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () χεὶρ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () πορευομένη () καὶ () σκληρυνομένη () ἐπὶ () Ιαβιν βασιλέα () Χανααν, () ἕως () ἐξωλέθρευσαν () αὐτόν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.