The Meaning of Judges 5:21 Explained

Judges 5:21

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

YLT: The brook Kishon swept them away, The brook most ancient -- the brook Kishon. Thou dost tread down strength, O my soul!

Darby: The torrent Kishon swept them away, the onrushing torrent, the torrent Kishon. March on, my soul, with might!

ASV: The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.

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What is the context of Judges 5:21?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The 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?

Context Summary

Judges 5:12-23 - The Stars In Their Courses

This noble psalm contains memorable sentences. The "captivity" phrase in Judges 5:12 is quoted in Psalms 68:18 and Ephesians 4:8; and in the latter is applied to the ascension of our Lord. He led in captivity those evil powers which had for so long held mankind in captivity. Let us not fear death, or the grave, or Hades. They have been bound to the chariot-wheels of our Lord, and their keys hang at his girdle, Revelation 1:18.

Levies and reinforcements poured in from the hill-country of Ephraim, once owned by Amalek, Judges 12:15; from little Benjamin; from the northern tribes: but the main brunt of the war of liberation fell on Zebulun and others adjacent to the plain of Esdraelon, one of the great battlefields of history. Megiddo stands to the south of this famous site and has given its name to the last momentous struggle of Armageddon. Clearly Deborah refers to a terrific storm that broke, perhaps at night, upon the plain, flooding the river Kishon and the adjacent lands, so that Sisera's chariots were rendered useless. O my soul, thou, too, mayest tread under foot thy foes, Judges 5:21, r.v., margin; but be sure never to refuse, as Meroz did, to respond when God needs thy help, Judges 5:23. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 5

¹ The Song of Deborah and Barak

What do the individual words in Judges 5:21 mean?

The torrent of Kishon swept them away torrent that ancient of Kishon March on my soul in strength

נַ֤חַל קִישׁוֹן֙ גְּרָפָ֔ם נַ֥חַל קְדוּמִ֖ים קִישׁ֑וֹן תִּדְרְכִ֥י נַפְשִׁ֖י עֹֽז

נַ֤חַל	The torrent
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: נַחַל Sense: torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley.
קִישׁוֹן֙	of Kishon
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: קִישֹׁון Sense: a river in central Palestine; scene of the defeat of Sisera by the Israelites in the time of the judges and the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah.
גְּרָפָ֔ם	swept them away
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural Root: גָּרַף Sense: (Qal) to sweep away, sweep.
נַ֥חַל	torrent
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: נַחַל Sense: torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley.
קְדוּמִ֖ים	that ancient
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: קְדוּמִים Sense: antiquity, ancient, onrushing.
קִישׁ֑וֹן	of Kishon
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: קִישֹׁון Sense: a river in central Palestine; scene of the defeat of Sisera by the Israelites in the time of the judges and the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah.
תִּדְרְכִ֥י	March on
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person feminine singular Root: דָּרַךְ Sense: to tread, bend, lead, march.
נַפְשִׁ֖י	my soul
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
עֹֽז	in strength
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עֹז Sense: might, strength.

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