Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths. New Living Translation “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, people avoided the main roads, and travelers stayed on winding pathways. English Standard Version “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and travelers kept to the byways. Berean Standard Bible In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways. King James Bible In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. New King James Version “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, In the days of Jael, The highways were deserted, And the travelers walked along the byways. New American Standard Bible “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the roads were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways. NASB 1995 “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways. NASB 1977 “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways. Legacy Standard Bible “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the paths had ceased, So travelers went by roundabout paths. Amplified Bible “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways. Christian Standard Bible In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the main roads were deserted because travelers kept to the side roads. Holman Christian Standard Bible In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the main ways were deserted because travelers kept to the side roads. American Standard Version In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways. Contemporary English Version In the time of Shamgar son of Anath, and now again in Jael's time, roads were too dangerous for caravans. Travelers had to take the back roads, English Revised Version In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. GOD'S WORD® Translation In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, roads were deserted. Those who traveled took back roads. Good News Translation In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans no longer went through the land, and travelers used the back roads. International Standard Version During the lifetime of Anath's son Shamgar and during the lifetime of Jael highways remained deserted, while travelers kept to back roads. Majority Standard Bible In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways. NET Bible In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads. New Heart English Bible "In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways. Webster's Bible Translation In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through by-ways. World English Bible “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIn the days of Shamgar son of Anath—In the days of Jael—The ways have ceased, "" And those going in the paths go [in] crooked ways. Young's Literal Translation In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go in crooked ways. Smith's Literal Translation In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, In the days of Jael, they left the ways; They went the by-ways; they will go the winding ways. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIn the days of Samgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jahel the paths rested: and they that went by them, walked through by-ways. Catholic Public Domain Version In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the paths were quiet. And whoever entered by them, walked along rough byways. New American Bible In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased: Those who traveled the roads now traveled by roundabout paths. New Revised Standard Version “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased and travelers kept to the byways. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIn the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Anael, the highways were cut off, and the travellers who once walked on main roads, had to go through the crooked byways. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, and in the days of Anayl, they cut off the roads and those walking in the straight paths walked in perverse ways OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways ceased, And the travellers walked through byways. Brenton Septuagint Translation In the days of Samegar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, they deserted the ways, and went in by-ways; they went in crooked paths. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Song of Deborah and Barak…5The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel. 6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways. 7Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.… Cross References Isaiah 3:12 Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths. Isaiah 33:8 The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded. Jeremiah 6:25 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side. Jeremiah 9:21 For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares. Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish. Lamentations 5:18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes. 1 Samuel 4:1-2 Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek. / The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield. 1 Samuel 13:6-7 Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns. / Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear. 2 Chronicles 15:5-6 In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts. / Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity. Hosea 10:9 Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity? Matthew 24:12 Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. Luke 21:26 Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Romans 3:16-17 ruin and misery lie in their wake, / and the way of peace they have not known.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... Hebrews 11:32-34 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight. Treasury of Scripture In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways. Shamgar Judges 3:31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. Jael Judges 4:17,18 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… the highways Leviticus 26:22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. 2 Chronicles 15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. Isaiah 33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. travellers. Psalm 125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. Jump to Previous Abandoned Anath Byways Caravans Ceased Crooked Deserted Highways Jael Ja'el Kept Roads Roundabout Shamgar Side Travelers Travellers Unoccupied Used Walked Ways WindingJump to Next Abandoned Anath Byways Caravans Ceased Crooked Deserted Highways Jael Ja'el Kept Roads Roundabout Shamgar Side Travelers Travellers Unoccupied Used Walked Ways WindingJudges 5 1. The Song of Deborah and BarakIn the days of Shamgar son of Anath This phrase sets the historical context for the events described in Judges 5:6. Shamgar is mentioned briefly in Judges 3:31 as a deliverer of Israel who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. The mention of Shamgar here indicates a time of turmoil and oppression for Israel. The name "Shamgar" is of uncertain origin, but "son of Anath" suggests a connection to a Canaanite goddess, which may imply that Shamgar was a foreigner or had foreign influences. This highlights the period's syncretism and the Israelites' struggles with surrounding cultures. in the days of Jael the highways were deserted and the travelers walked through byways In the days of Jael.--It has been thought so strange that Deborah should mention the name of the Bedouin chieftainess as marking the epoch, that some have supposed "Jael" to be the name of some unknown judge; and some have even proposed to read Jair. Others render it "the helper," and suppose that Ehud, or Shamgar, is referred to. But (1) Jael is essentially a woman's name (see Judges 4:17; Proverbs 5:19); (2) she is mentioned prominently in this very song as having put the finishing stroke to the victory of Israel; and (3) she may have been--and various incidents in the history lead us to suppose that she was--a woman of great importance and influence, even independently of her murder of Sisera. The highways were unoccupied.--Literally, kept holiday. This had been foretold in Leviticus 26:22. The grass grew on them; there was no one to occupy them. "The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth" (Isaiah 33:8). "The land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned" (Zechariah 7:14). (Comp. 2Chronicles 15:5; Lamentations 1:4; Lamentations 4:18.) . . . Verse 6. - From what misery God had saved the people! In the days of her predecessor Shamgar, when the Philistines overran the country, when Heber the Kenite still dwelt in the south of Judah, all traffic ceased in the land. The caravans were stopped, and travellers slunk into the by-ways.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew In the daysבִּימֵ֞י (bî·mê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day of Shamgar שַׁמְגַּ֤ר (šam·gar) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8044: Shamgar -- an Israelite judge son בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son of Anath, עֲנָת֙ (‘ă·nāṯ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6067: Anath -- father of Shamgar in the days בִּימֵ֣י (bî·mê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day of Jael, יָעֵ֔ל (yā·‘êl) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3278: Jael -- a Canaanite woman the highways אֳרָח֑וֹת (’o·rā·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan were deserted חָדְל֖וּ (ḥā·ḏə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle and the travelers וְהֹלְכֵ֣י (wə·hō·lə·ḵê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk took יֵלְכ֕וּ (yê·lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk the byways. עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת׃ (‘ă·qal·qal·lō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 6128: Winding Links Judges 5:6 NIVJudges 5:6 NLT Judges 5:6 ESV Judges 5:6 NASB Judges 5:6 KJV Judges 5:6 BibleApps.com Judges 5:6 Biblia Paralela Judges 5:6 Chinese Bible Judges 5:6 French Bible Judges 5:6 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son (Jd Judg. 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