Judges 5 · Verse 21

Judges 5:21

The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
Judges 5:21, King James Version

Judges 5:21 in other translations

BSBThe River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
WEBThe river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
ASVThe river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.
YLTThe brook Kishon swept them away, The brook most ancient--the brook Kishon. Thou dost tread down strength, O my soul!
DARBYThe torrent of Kishon swept them away, That ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. My soul, thou hast trodden down strength!
BBEThe river Kishon took them violently away, stopping their flight, the river Kishon. Give praise, O my soul, to the strength of the Lord!
WebsterThe river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

What does Judges 5:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 5:19-22

19-22. describes the scene of battle and the issue. It would seem (Jud 5:19) that Jabin was reinforced by the troops of other Canaanite princes. The battlefield was near Taanach (now Ta'annuk), on a tell or mound in the level plain of Megiddo (now Leijun), on its southwestern extremity, by the left bank of the Kishon. they took no gain of money--They obtained no plunder.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 The river of Kishon swept them away - This gives plausibility to the above conjecture, that there was a storm at this time which produced an inundation in the river Kishon, which the routed Canaanites attempting to ford were swept away.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 5:12-23

Deborah called on her own soul to be in earnest. He that will set the hearts of other men on fire with the love of Christ, must himself burn with love. Praising God is a work we should awake to, and awake ourselves unto. She notices who fought against Israel, who fought for them, and who kept away. Who fought against them. They were obstinate enemies to God's people, therefore the more dangerous. Who fought for…

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Judges 5:21 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.

נַ֤חַלNa.chal[the] wadi ofH5158
קִישׁוֹן֙ki.shOnKishonH7028
גְּרָפָ֔םge.ra.Famit swept away themH1640
נַ֥חַלNa.chala wadi ofH5158
קְדוּמִ֖יםke.du.Mimancient timesH6917
נַ֣חַלNa.chal[the] wadi ofH5158
קִישׁ֑וֹןki.ShonKishonH7028
תִּדְרְכִ֥יtid.re.Khiyou will marchH1869
נַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiO self myH5315
עֹֽז\׃'OzstrengthH5797

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Cross references for Judges 5:21

  • Judges 4:7

    And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

  • Psalms 44:5

    Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

  • Micah 7:10

    Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  • 1 Kings 18:40

    And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 25:10

    For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

  • Psalms 83:9-10

    Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: Which perished at En–dor: they became as dung for the earth.

  • Genesis 49:18

    I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Kishon.
4:7,13; 1Ki 18:40; Ps 83:9,10
O my soul.
Ge 49:18; Ps 44:5; Isa 25:10; Mic 7:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 5:20

    They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

  • Judges 5:21

    The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

  • Judges 5:22

    Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

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Judges 5:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Barriólos el torrente de Cisón, el antiguo torrente, el torrente de Cisón. Hollaste, oh alma mía, con fortaleza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le torrent de Kison les a emportés, le torrent des anciens temps, le torrent de Kison. Mon âme, tu as foulé aux pieds la force!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Bach Kison riß sie hinweg, der Bach der Urzeit, der Bach Kison. Du, meine Seele, tratest die Starken nieder!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Torrens Cison traxit cadavera eorum, torrens Cadumim, torrens Cison: conculca, anima mea, robustos.