The Meaning of Judges 5:11 Explained

Judges 5:11

KJV: They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

YLT: By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of Jehovah, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then ruled in the gates have the people of Jehovah.

Darby: To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the triumphs of the LORD, the triumphs of his peasantry in Israel. "Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD.

ASV: Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah, Even the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[They that are delivered] from the noise  of archers  in the places of drawing water,  there shall they rehearse  the righteous acts  of the LORD,  [even] the righteous acts  [toward the inhabitants] of his villages  in Israel:  then shall the people  of the LORD  go down  to the gates. 

What does Judges 5:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 5:1-11 - The Song Of A "mother In Israel"
One of the noblest odes in literature! It celebrates a mighty victory through the enthusiastic consecration of the people, who laid themselves as freewill offerings on the altar of their country's deliverance, Judges 5:2; Judges 5:9. There is a greater cause that summons us today, for we fight "not against flesh and blood, but"¦ against the rulers of the darkness of this world," Ephesians 6:12.
The singer recites the mighty deeds of the Exodus, Judges 5:4-5. She feels that the present hour is not less full of God. Let us dare to believe that today is as sublime as any day of the past, and live as though it were. She describes the desolations caused by the foe: the divested caravans, the deserted roads, the defenseless, weaponless people, Judges 5:6-8. She tells how men mustered in the city gates to take their part in the great effort to which she called them, Judges 5:9-11. Ye daughters of Deborah, who know God, wake again and sing till your hearts grow hot again; and ye brethren of Barak, arm yourselves for battle against the lies, fashions and sins that curse both the Church and the world! [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 5

1  The Song of Deborah and Barak

What do the individual words in Judges 5:11 mean?

Far from the noise of the archers among the watering places there they shall recount the righteous acts of Yahweh the righteous acts [for] His villagers in Israel Then shall go down to the gates the people of Yahweh
מִקּ֣וֹל מְחַֽצְצִ֗ים בֵּ֚ין מַשְׁאַבִּ֔ים שָׁ֤ם יְתַנּוּ֙ צִדְק֣וֹת יְהוָ֔ה צִדְקֹ֥ת פִּרְזֹנ֖וֹ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אָ֛ז יָרְד֥וּ לַשְּׁעָרִ֖ים עַם־ יְהוָֽה

מִקּ֣וֹל  Far  from  the  noise 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
מְחַֽצְצִ֗ים  of  the  archers 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: חָצַץ 
Sense: to divide.
מַשְׁאַבִּ֔ים  the  watering  places 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַשְׁאָב  
Sense: drawing place of water, place to draw water.
יְתַנּוּ֙  they  shall  recount 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: תָּנָה  
Sense: (Piel) to recount, rehearse, tell again.
צִדְק֣וֹת  the  righteous  acts 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: צְדָקָה  
Sense: justice, righteousness.
יְהוָ֔ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
צִדְקֹ֥ת  the  righteous  acts  [for] 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: צְדָקָה  
Sense: justice, righteousness.
פִּרְזֹנ֖וֹ  His  villagers 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: פְּרָזׄון  
Sense: rural population, rustics, rural people, people of unwalled villages.
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  in  Israel 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יָרְד֥וּ  shall  go  down 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
לַשְּׁעָרִ֖ים  to  the  gates 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
עַם־  the  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
יְהוָֽה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.