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Judges 5:20 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. {courses: Heb. paths}”

Judges 5:20

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18

Zebulun and Naphtali {were} a people {that} jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. {jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach}

19

The kings came {and} fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

20

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. {courses: Heb. paths}

21

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

22

Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. {pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings}

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