InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Hero C1 C2 C3 C4 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21
Hero 5 V1 V2 V3 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 5:4 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Edom · Seir (GEN 14:6)
OET-LV Oh_YHWH when_you_went_out from_Sēˊīr when_marched_you from_the_region_of ʼEdōm the_earth it_shook both the_heavens they_dropped as_well_as the_clouds they_dropped water.
OET (OET-RV) Yahweh, you left Se’ir.
⇔ ≈ You marched out of the Edom region.
⇔ The earth quaked.
⇔ ≈ The heavens also dropped.
⇔ And the clouds poured down rain.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יְהוָ֗ה בְּצֵאתְךָ֤ מִשֵּׂעִיר֙ בְּצַעְדְּךָ֙ מִשְּׂדֵ֣ה אֱד֔וֹם
YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: YHWH when,you,went_out from,Seir when,marched,you from,the_region_of ʼEdōm earth/land trembled also/yet heavens poured also/yet clouds poured water )
The song is speaking as if Yahweh had literally traveled from or across the land of Seir, that is, Edom, in order to lead the Israelites into battle against Sisera. This could mean: (1) that the song is envisioning Mount Sinai as Yahweh’s dwelling place on earth and describing the route that Yahweh would have taken from there to the battlefield. Alternate translation: [Yahweh, when you came across Seir to fight against Sisera, when you marched across the fields of Edom]; (2) that the song is referring to the time when the Israelites left Edom to start conquering the people in Canaan and speaking of Yahweh as if he had been a warrior leading the Israelite army at that time. Alternate translation: [Yahweh, it was just like the time when you first led our armies into Canaan from Seir. It was as if you marched ahead of us across the fields of Edom]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
מִשְּׂדֵ֣ה אֱד֔וֹם
(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH when,you,went_out from,Seir when,marched,you from,the_region_of ʼEdōm earth/land trembled also/yet heavens poured also/yet clouds poured water )
The song is not referring to a specific field in Edom. It means the cultivated land in Edom in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: [from the fields of Edom]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אֶ֣רֶץ רָעָ֔שָׁה גַּם־שָׁמַ֖יִם נָטָ֑פוּ גַּם־עָבִ֖ים נָ֥טְפוּ מָֽיִם
earth/land (Some words not found in UHB: YHWH when,you,went_out from,Seir when,marched,you from,the_region_of ʼEdōm earth/land trembled also/yet heavens poured also/yet clouds poured water )
The song seems to be referring implicitly to the great storm that rendered Sisera’s chariots useless for the battle. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the earth trembled from the thunder and there was a heavy downpour]
OET-LV Oh_YHWH when_you_went_out from_Sēˊīr when_marched_you from_the_region_of ʼEdōm the_earth it_shook both the_heavens they_dropped as_well_as the_clouds they_dropped water.
OET (OET-RV) Yahweh, you left Se’ir.
⇔ ≈ You marched out of the Edom region.
⇔ The earth quaked.
⇔ ≈ The heavens also dropped.
⇔ And the clouds poured down rain.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.