JDG 5:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Israeli villages were abandoned.
⇔ ≈No one lived there until I, Deborah, became their leader.
⇔ I became one of Israel’s mothers.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἐξέλιπον δυνατοὶ ἐν Ἰσραὴλ, ἐξέλιπον ἕως οὗ ἀνέστη Δεββῶρα, ἕως οὗ ἀνέστη μήτηρ ἐν Ἰσραήλ.
(Exelipon dunatoi en Israaʸl, exelipon heōs hou anestaʸ Debbōra, heōs hou anestaʸ maʸtaʸr en Israaʸl. )

BrTr The mighty men in Israel failed, they failed until Debbora arose, until she arose a mother in Israel.

ULT Rural people ceased to be in Israel,
⇔ they ceased to be until when I arose, Deborah, when I arose, a mother in Israel!

UST People left their small villages, and moved into the walled cities
⇔ until I, Deborah, became their leader.
⇔ I became like a mother to the Israelite people.

BSB Life in the villages ceased;
⇔ it ended in Israel,
⇔ until I, Deborah, arose,
⇔ a mother in Israel.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE The rulers ceased in Israel.
⇔ They ceased until I, Deborah, arose;
⇔ Until I arose a mother in Israel.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Warriors were scarce,
⇔ they were scarce in Israel,
⇔ until you arose, Deborah,
⇔ until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.

LSV Villages ceased in Israel—they ceased,
Until I arose—Deborah,
That I arose, a mother in Israel.

FBV Village life in Israel was abandoned[fn] until I, Deborah, came on the scene as a mother in Israel.

5:7 Presumably people moved to fortified towns for protection.

T4T People left their small villages, and moved into the walled cities
⇔ until I, Deborah, became their leader.
⇔ I became like a mother to the Israeli people.

LEB • [fn] ceased; they failed to appear in Israel, • until I,[fn] Deborah, arose; • I[fn] arose as a mother in Israel.

5:1 Others interpret this word as referring to the “rural dwellers”

5:1 Or “you”

BBE Country towns were no more in Israel, ***were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until that thou didst arise, Deborah, that thou didst arise a mother in Israel.

ASV The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased,
⇔ Until that I Deborah arose,
⇔ That I arose a mother in Israel.

DRA The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel: until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel.

YLT Villages ceased in Israel — they ceased, Till that I arose — Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.

Drby The villages ceased in Israel, Ceased until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

RV The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

Wbstr The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

KJB-1769 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

KJB-1611 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, vntill that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps The inhabitants of the townes were gone, they were gone in Israel, vntyll I Debora came vp, which came vp a mother in Israel.
(The inhabitants of the towns were gone, they were gone in Israel, until I Debora came up, which came up a mother in Israel.)

Gnva The townes were not inhabited: they decayed, I say, in Israel, vntill I Deborah came vp, which rose vp a mother in Israel.
(The towns were not inhabited: they decayed, I say, in Israel, until I Deborah came up, which rose up a mother in Israel. )

Cvdl There was scarcenesse, there was scarcenesse of housbande men in Israel, vntyll I Debbora came vp, vntyll I came vp a mother in Israel.
(There was scarcenesse, there was scarcenesse of housbande men in Israel, until I Debbora came up, until I came up a mother in Israel.)

Wycl Stronge men in Israel cessiden, and restiden, til Delbora roos, a modir in Israel.
(Stronge men in Israel cessiden, and restiden, till Delbora rose, a mother in Israel.)

Luth Es gebrach, an Bauern gebrach‘s in Israel, bis daß ich, Debora, aufkam, bis ich aufkam, eine Mutter in Israel.
(It gebrach, at Bauern gebrach‘s in Israel, until that I, Debora, aufkam, until I aufkam, one mother in Israel.)

ClVg Cessaverunt fortes in Israël, et quieverunt: donec surgeret Debbora, surgeret mater in Israël.
(Cessaverunt strong in Israel, and quieverunt: until surgeret Debbora, surgeret mater in Israel. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

חָדְל֧וּ פְרָז֛וֹן בְּ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חָדֵ֑לּוּ עַ֤ד שַׁ⁠קַּ֨מְתִּי֙ דְּבוֹרָ֔ה שַׁ⁠קַּ֥מְתִּי אֵ֖ם בְּ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

ceased peasantry in/on/at/with,Israel ceased until ,arose Dəbōrāh I,arose mother_of in/on/at/with,Israel

Deborah is repeating the verbs ceased and arose in order to intensify the ideas that they express. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: “The peasantry completely ceased in Israel until when I, Deborah, arose triumphantly as a mother in Israel”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

חָדְל֧וּ פְרָז֛וֹן בְּ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חָדֵ֑לּוּ

ceased peasantry in/on/at/with,Israel ceased

The song is speaking as if the rural population of Israel had literally ceased to exist. The meaning is that no one was living in the countryside anymore because the rural people hid in the mountains or moved into fortified cities for safety. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Everyone had to move from the countryside into the cities where it was safer”

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

בְּ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל & בְּ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

in/on/at/with,Israel & in/on/at/with,Israel

If it would be more natural in your language, you could use another term to refer to Israel in the second instance, rather than repeating the name. Alternate translation: “in Israel … there”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עַ֤ד שַׁ⁠קַּ֨מְתִּי֙ דְּבוֹרָ֔ה שַׁ⁠קַּ֥מְתִּי אֵ֖ם בְּ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

until ,arose Dəbōrāh I,arose mother_of in/on/at/with,Israel

Deborah is using the expression arose to mean that she took on a particular role. She is not referring to getting up from sitting beneath her palm tree to accompany Barak. The role she is describing included settling the Israelites’ disputes there. Alternate translation: “but then I, Deborah, became a mother in Israel”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שַׁ⁠קַּ֨מְתִּי֙ דְּבוֹרָ֔ה שַׁ⁠קַּ֥מְתִּי אֵ֖ם בְּ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

,arose Dəbōrāh I,arose mother_of in/on/at/with,Israel

Deborah is speaking of herself as if she had literally become the mother of the Israelites. She means that she became a leader who cared for the Israelites the way a mother takes care of her children. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning as a comparison. Alternate translation: “when I, Deborah, became a leader who took care of the Israelites the way a mother takes care of her children”

Parallel JDG 5:7