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?

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What Does Judges 5:6 Mean?

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