Judges 5:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.”
Judges 5:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 5:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 5:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.”
Judges 5:6 — World English Bible
Judges 5:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.”
Judges 5:6 — American Standard Version
Judges 5:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath--In the days of Jael--The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go <FI>in<Fi> crooked ways.”
Judges 5:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 5:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, The roads were unused, and the travellers on highways went by crooked paths.”
Judges 5:6 — Darby Translation
Judges 5:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“In the dayes of Shamgar the sonne of Anath, in the dayes of Iael the hie wayes were vnoccupied, and the trauelers walked through by wayes.”
Judges 5:6 — Geneva Bible
Judges 5:6 in Context — Judges 5
4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
5 The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
What Does Judges 5:6 Mean?
Judges 5:6 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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