Judges 5 · Verse 22

Judges 5:22

Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Judges 5:22, King James Version

Judges 5:22 in other translations

BSBThen the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.
WEBThen the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
ASVThen did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
YLTThen broken were the horse-heels, By pransings--pransings of its mighty ones.
DARBYThen did the horse-hoofs clatter with the coursings, The coursings of their steeds.
BBEThen loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.
WebsterThen were the horse's hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.

What does Judges 5:22 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 22 Then were the horsehoofs broken - In very ancient times horses were not shod; nor are they to the present day in several parts of the East. Sisera had iron chariots when his hosts were routed; the horses that drew these, being strongly urged on by those who drove them, had their hoofs broken by the roughness of the roads; in consequence of which they became lame, and could not carry off their riders. This is marked as one cause of their disaster.

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 5:22 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.

אָ֥ז'azthenH227
הָלְמ֖וּhal.Muthey struckH1986
עִקְּבֵי\־'i.ke.vei-[the] heels ofH6119
ס֑וּסSushorse[s]H5483
מִֽדַּהֲר֖וֹתmi.da.ha.Rotfrom [the] gallopingH1726
דַּהֲר֥וֹתda.ha.Rot[the] galloping ofH1726
אַבִּירָֽיו\׃'a.bi.Ravmighty [horses] hisH47

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

Cross references for Judges 5:22

  • Jeremiah 47:4

    Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.

  • Psalms 33:17

    An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

  • Psalms 147:10-11

    He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

  • Micah 4:13

    Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

  • Psalms 20:7

    Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

  • Isaiah 5:28

    Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
horsehoofs.Anciently, horses were not shod; nor are they at the present day in some parts of the East. The flight was so rapid that the hoofs of their horses were splintered and broken by the roughness of the roads; in consequence of which they became lame, and could not carry off their riders.
Ps 20:7; 33:17; 147:10,11; Isa 5:28; Jer 47:4; Mic 4:13
pransings. or, tramplings, or, plungings. mighty ones.Or, as Dr. Waterland renders, "mighty horses," or "strong steeds," as Dr. Kennicott, i.e., their war-horses, which gives great energy to the text, and renders it perfectly intelligible.

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Judges 5:23

    Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

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Judges 5:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Despalmáronse entonces las uñas de los caballos por las arremetidas, por los brincos de sus valientes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors les talons des chevaux battirent le sol à cause de la course rapide, de la course rapide de leurs hommes vaillants.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da stampften die Hufe der Rosse vom Rennen, dem Rennen ihrer Gewaltigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ungulæ equorum ceciderunt, fugientibus impetu, et per præceps ruentibus fortissimis hostium.