“Consider this, you who ride on fine donkeys, you who sit on fancy saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
- KJV Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
- BSB You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
- NKJV “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, Who sit in judges’ attire, And who walk along the road.
- NASB “You who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road—shout in praise!
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Quick answer
The song calls all classes, rich and poor, to reflect on the deliverance.
Overview
Those who ride in privilege and those who walk on foot alike are summoned to ponder God's work. The deliverance concerns the whole community, not just the warriors. All are invited to recount and rejoice in what the LORD has done.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Judg 12:14He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.
- Judg 10:4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
- Ps 105:2Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
- Ps 107:32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
- Joel 3:12“Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
- Ps 145:11They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power;
- Isa 28:6and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
- Ps 145:5Of the glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works, I will meditate.
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Israel's cycle of sin and rescue through flawed deliverers cries out for a Savior who never fails — the true and final Judge and Deliverer who saves his people not for a season but forever.
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