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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