Judges 4 · Verse 12

Judges 4:12

And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
Judges 4:12, King James Version

Judges 4:12 in other translations

BSBWhen Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
WEBThey told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.
ASVAnd they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
YLTAnd they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam hath gone up to mount Tabor,
DARBYAnd they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to mount Tabor.
BBEAnd word was given to Sisera that Barak, the son of Abinoam, had gone up to Mount Tabor.
WebsterAnd they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to mount Tabor.

What does Judges 4:12 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 4:10-16

Siser's confidence was chiefly in his chariots. But if we have ground to hope that God goes before us, we may go on with courage and cheerfulness. Be not dismayed at the difficulties thou meetest with in resisting Satan, in serving God, or suffering for him; for is not the Lord gone before thee? Follow him then fully. Barak went down, though upon the plain the iron chariots would have advantage against him: he…

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Judges 4:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּגִּ֖דוּvai.ya.Gi.duand people toldH5046
לְסִֽיסְרָ֑אle.si.se.Ra'to SiseraH5516
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
עָלָ֛ה'a.Lahhe had gone upH5927
בָּרָ֥קba.RakBarakH1301
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אֲבִינֹ֖עַם'a.vi.No.'amAbinoamH42
הַר\־har-[the] mountain ofH2022
תָּבֽוֹר\׃\ \סta.VorTaborH8396

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 4:12

  • Psalms 89:12

    The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

  • Joshua 19:34

    And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth–tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.

  • Joshua 19:12

    And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth–tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,

  • Jeremiah 46:18

    As I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

  • Judges 4:6

    And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh–naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
mount Tabor.
6; Jos 19:12,34; Ps 89:12; Jer 46:18

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Context

  • Judges 4:11

    Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

  • Judges 4:12

    And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

  • Judges 4:13

    And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

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Judges 4:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Vinieron pues las nuevas á Sísara como Barac hijo de Abinoam había subido al monte de Tabor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et on rapporta à Sisera que Barak, fils d’Abinoam, était monté sur le mont Thabor.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und man berichtete dem Sisera, daß Barak, der Sohn Abinoams, auf den Berg Tabor hinaufgezogen wäre.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nuntiatumque est Sisaræ quod ascendisset Barac filius Abinoëm in montem Thabor: