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Judges 5:2

Judges 5:2
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel,.... The injuries done to Israel by any of their enemies, and particularly what wrongs had been done them by Jabin, king of Canaan, for twenty years past;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Render “For the leading of the leaders in Israel (the princes), for the willingness of the people (to follow them) bless ye the Lord.” See Deu 32:42 note, and compare Jdg 5:9 and Jdg 5:13, where the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Judges 5:1-5

The former chapter let us know what great things God had done for Israel; in this we have the thankful returns they made to God, that all ages of the church might learn that work of heaven to praise…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The translation, after the LXX. cod. A, gives a good parallelism (leaders and people as in Jdg 5:5), but it rests on slender support. The noun rendered leadershas this meaning among others (such as…