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Listen to the village musicians gathered at the watering holes. They recount the righteous victories of the Lord and the victories of his villagers in Israel. Then the people of the Lord marched down to the city gates.
Judges 5:11 · New Living Translation
Parallel translations
  • WEB Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse Yahweh’s righteous acts, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. “Then Yahweh’s people went down to the gates.
  • KJV They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
  • BSB the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
  • NKJV Far from the noise of the archers, among the watering places, There they shall recount the righteous acts of the Lord, The righteous acts for His villagers in Israel; Then the people of the Lord shall go down to the gates.
  • NASB “At the sound of those who distribute water among the watering places, There they will recount the righteous deeds of the Lord, The righteous deeds for His peasantry in Israel. Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates.

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Quick answer

At the watering places people will recount Yahweh's righteous acts of deliverance.

Overview

Where life resumes in peace, the people will rehearse the LORD's saving deeds. Remembering and retelling God's righteous acts becomes an act of worship and instruction. The restored gates and ordinary places now testify to His faithfulness.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 13

  • Mic 6:5My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”
  • Judg 5:8They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
  • 1 Sam 12:7Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he did to you and to your fathers.
  • Deut 22:24then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn’t cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor’s wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
  • Lam 5:9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
  • Lam 5:4We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.
  • Jer 7:2“Stand in the gate of Yahweh’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.’”
  • 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.
  • Isa 12:3Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
  • Gen 26:20–22The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
  • Job 29:7when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
  • Exod 2:17–19The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
  • Ps 145:7They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Judges videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on JudgesMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

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.

How Judges 5:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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