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Judges 4:14

And Deborah said unto Barak, Up! For this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand. Is not the Lord gone out before thee? This was a prophetic and most vivid assurance of victory. So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him, apparently in a sudden attack, before the terrible chariot-force had well arranged itself.

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See also Judges 4:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 4:14. _UP; FOR THIS_ IS _THE DAY_] This is exactly the purpose for which the _Septuagint_ state, Judges 4:8, that Barak wished Deborah to accompany him. "I know not," says he, "THE DAY i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THIRD DECLENSION: UNDER JABIN, DEBORAH, AND BARAK CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Sold into the hand of Jabin (Judges 4:1)_ 2. The cry of the children of Israel (Judges 4:3) 3. Deborah and Barak (Judges 4:4) 4...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BATTLE OF THE KISHON AND THE DEATH OF SISERA. The Galilean highlanders rushed like a torrent down the slope of Mt. Tabor, and swept the enemy before them. When Sisera left his chariot and fled on...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IS NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _is not the Lord gone out before thee?_ i.e. to battle. Jehovah was believed to -come forth" from His place on Sinai to fight for Israel (Judges 5:4 f.), or to march against Israel's enemies with the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Barak's Aid to Deborah Judges 4:10-16_ 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet and Deborah went up with him. 11 Now Heber the Kenite, whic...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND DEBORAH SAID UNTO BARAK, UP; FOR THIS IS THE DAY IN WHICH THE LORD HATH DELIVERED SISERA INTO THINE HAND: IS NOT THE LORD GONE OUT BEFORE THEE? SO BARAK WENT DOWN FROM MOUNT TABOR, AND TEN THOUSA...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DEBORAH AND BARAK This deliverance is described a second time in the early poem in Judges 5 (see on Judges 5:1). No other narrative describes more clearly the religious gathering of the clans, and the...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 V1 After Ehud’s death, the *Israelites again did not obey God. V2 The *Lord allowed Jabin to *conquer them. Jabin was the king of Hazor in *Canaan...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THIS IS THE DAY. — See the addition of the LXX. to Judges 4:8. The ancients attached the utmost importance to fortunate and unfortunate days, and Barak was guided by a prophetess, not by idle auguries...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תֹּאמֶר֩ דְּבֹרָ֨ה אֶל ־בָּרָ֜ק ק֗וּם כִּ֣

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SIBYL OF MOUNT EPHRAIM Judges 4:1 THERE arises now in Israel a prophetess, one of those rare women whose souls burn with enthusiasm and holy purpose when the hearts of men are abject and desponde...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A WOMAN EXECUTIONER Judges 4:14 “The Lord discomfited Sisera and all his host.” When General Gordon rode off alone on his camel to break up the camps of the Arab slave-drivers, he realized, as he wen...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    With almost wearisome monotony the story of declension, discipline, and deliverance goes forward. After the eighty years of rest, the children of Israel sinned again, and were delivered into the hands...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Judges chapter four may indicate Shamgar worked only briefly after Ehud. At any rate, the children of Israel began to worship idols again after the death of Ehud (Ruth 4:1; Ruth 5:8). God allowed Jabi...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Deborah said unto Barak, (g) Up; for this [is] the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Oh! what lively faith did this animated woman possess! Observe the expression, Is not the Lord gone out before thee? Reader! what may we not insure to ourselves of success, in all the battles of our e...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5. God, knowing what the people were, and what was their condition, had left within the borders of their land that which put obedience to the proof-...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND DEBORAH SAID UNTO BARAK, UP,.... Not go up higher for they were upon the top of a mountain; but rise, bestir thyself, prepare for battle, put the army in rank and file, and march and meet the enem...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this [is] the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thous...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Deborah said unto Barak, Up_ Hebrew, _Arise_, Delay not. If we have ground to believe that God goes before us, we may well go on with courage and cheerfulness. _Is not the Lord gone before thee?_ Nam...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [DEBORAH, BARAK.] 1 Deborah and Barak deliuer them from Iabin and Sisera. 18 Iael killeth Sisera. 1 AND the children of Israel againe did euil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. 2 And t...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    DEBORAH AND BARAK (vv.1-24) Ehud evidently judged Israel during 80 years of peace, but after his death Israel again turned from the Lord's ways, doing evil in His sight. It is not said WHAT evil, b...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 meet...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    UP, Heb. _arise_, delay not, fall to thy work. _Gone out before thee_, to wit, as General of thine army, to fight for thee: see JUDGES 5:20 2 SAMUEL 5:24. BARAK WENT DOWN FROM MOUNT TABOR he doth not...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 4:14 Deborah H1683 said H559 (H8799) Barak H1301 Up H6965 (H8798) day H3117 LORD H3068 delivered...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And Deborah said to Barak, “Up, for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Is not Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten eleph men af...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Victories of Deborah and Barak. CHARACTERS: God, Jabin, Deborah, Barak, Sisera, Jael. CONCLUSION: Those who slight God in their prosperity, will find themselves under a necessity of crying...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Judges 4:1. _When Ehud was dead._ This period includes eighty years from the death of Othniel, and was fraught with important events. Chushan's eight years of affliction, and Eglon's eighteen of presi...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 4:1__ The fourth judge, Deborah, distinguishes herself as the most godly of all the judges. Her actions and words consistently pointed to God, not away from him....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _VICTORY—THE LORD GOING BEFORE.— Judges 4:12_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 4:12. AND THEY SHOWED SISERA, etc.] Sisera was the generalissimo of the King of Hazor; to him, therefore, the report was carried,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 4:2 SOLD THEM. See Judges 2:14, note. JABIN KING OF HAZOR. The exact site of _Hazor_ has not been identified with certainty, but it is conjectured by Robinson, with great probabilit...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Verse four, or chapter four, verse one; the same old story. AND the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin the ki...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 9:26; 2 Samuel 5:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; Genesis 19:14; Genesi

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Up — Heb. arise, delay not. If we have ground to believe, that God goes before us, we may well go on with courage and cheerfulness. Gone before thee — Namely, as general of thine army, to fight for th...

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