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Judges 5:8

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8God chose new leaders,g

then war was at the gates;

a small shield or a spear was not seen

among forty thousand in Israel.

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  1. gESV, NRSV translate “when new gods were chosen”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When new gods were chosen,

then war was in the gates.

Was shield or spear to be seen

among forty thousand in Israel?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

God chose new leaders

when war came to the city gates,

but not a shield or spear was seen

among forty thousand in Israel.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Israel chose new gods,

then there was war in the city gates.

Not a shield or spear was seen

among forty thousand in Israel.

NLTNew Living Translation

When Israel chose new gods,

war erupted at the city gates.

Yet not a shield or spear could be seen

among forty thousand warriors in Israel!

KJV 1900King James Version

They chose new gods;

Then was war in the gates:

Was there a shield or spear seen

Among forty thousand in Israel?