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Judges 5:20

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5:20From the sky53 the stars54 fought,

from their paths in the heavens55 they fought against Sisera.

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Footnotes

  1. 53 Or “from heaven.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
  2. 54 The takes “the stars” with what follows rather than with the first colon of v. 20. But for metrical reasons it seems better to move the atnach and read the colon as indicated in the translation.
  3. 55 The words “in the heavens” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

From heaven the stars fought,

from their courses they fought against Sisera.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

From the heavens the stars fought,

from their courses they fought against Sisera.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The stars fought from the heavens;

the stars fought with Sisera from their paths.

NLTNew Living Translation

The stars fought from heaven.

The stars in their orbits fought against Sisera.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The stars fought from heaven;

from their courses they fought against Sisera.

KJV 1900King James Version

They fought from heaven;

The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.