The Meaning of Judges 5:29 Explained

Judges 5:29

KJV: Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

YLT: The wise ones, her princesses, answer her, Yea, she returneth her sayings to herself:

Darby: Her wisest ladies make answer, nay, she gives answer to herself,

ASV: Her wise ladies answered her, Yea, she returned answer to herself,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Her wise  ladies  answered  her, yea, she returned  answer  to herself, 

What does Judges 5:29 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 5:24-31 - At The Mercy Of Midian
What a contrast our reading suggests between those that love the Lord and go from strength to strength in the undimming luster and influence of their life, and the evil that once more brought the tyrant's yoke upon this neck of Israel! Yet these alternations have too often befallen us. At one moment Sisera and his hosts are chased before us as sheep before the dog; then a reaction sets in and the hand of Midian prevails against us. Why are we not always glad, strong, and victorious? Is it not because we look to our moods, we relax our close walk with God, and we set up the images of Baal in our hearts? We are then reduced to the plight described here and in Haggai 1:6. Why are there not more conversions in the Church? Why is there so little difference between the Church and the world? Why is so much of our Sunday-school teaching ineffective? Ah, the Midianite is in our midst and we acquiesce! The urgent, primal need of the present day is for the Church to realize her true condition, and cry mightily unto God for help. Note Judges 6:6 and Joel 1:14, etc. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 5

1  The Song of Deborah and Barak

What do the individual words in Judges 5:29 mean?

wisest Her ladies answered her Yes she returned answered herself
חַכְמ֥וֹת שָׂרוֹתֶ֖יהָ תַּעֲנֶ֑ינָּה אַף־ הִ֕יא תָּשִׁ֥יב אֲמָרֶ֖יהָ לָֽהּ

חַכְמ֥וֹת  wisest 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural construct
Root: חָכָם  
Sense: wise, wise (man).
שָׂרוֹתֶ֖יהָ  Her  ladies 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׂרָה  
Sense: princess, noblewoman, noble lady.
תַּעֲנֶ֑ינָּה  answered  her 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
אַף־  Yes 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
הִ֕יא  she 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
תָּשִׁ֥יב  returned 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
אֲמָרֶ֖יהָ  answered 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
לָֽהּ  herself 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular

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