Judges 4:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. ”

Judges 4:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mark the unhesitating faith and courage of Deborah, and the rebuke to Barak’s timidity, “the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman” (Jael, Judges 4:22 ). For a similar use of a weak inst...
Judges 4:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Preparation for War. D's framework is found in Judges 4:1-4 and Judges 4:23 f. Judges 4-5. Deborah and Barak Deliver Israel. The record of this deliverance appears first in a prose and t...
Judges 4:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and w...
Judges 4:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, a...
Judges 4:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deborah and Barak This deliverance is described a second time in the early poem in Judges 5 (see on Judges 5:1 ). No other narrative describes more clearly the religious gathering of the clans,...
Judges 4:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will surely go with thee. — Literally- Going, I will go. Shall not be for thine honour. — Literally, thy pre-eminence (LXX. “proterçma”; Luther, “ der Preis “) shall not be on the path...
Judges 4:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE SIBYL OF MOUNT EPHRAIM Judges 4:1-24 THERE arises now in Israel a prophetess, one of those rare women whose souls burn with enthusiasm and holy purpose when the hearts of men are abject and...
Judges 4:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Woman's Deliverance Judges 4:1-11 The scene changes to the northern part of Canaan. Deborah probably belonged to Issachar, Judges 5:15 ; but her seat of government was removed to the hill co...
Judges 4:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

With almost wearisome monotony the story of declension, discipline, and deliverance goes forward. After the eighty years of rest, the children of Israel sinned again, and were delivered into the hand...
Judges 4:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not think that Barak, by this answer, manifested fear; but rather, it arose from the confidence he had, that by her accompanying him, the people would be the more convinced that the thing was of...
Judges 4:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And she said, I will surely go with thee , She made no hesitation about it, but agreed at once to go with him for his encouragement; perceiving some degree of weakness in him, and yet an hearty and...
Judges 4:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and w...
Judges 4:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The journey thou takest Hebrew, the way thou takest , which may mean the course he had resolved upon, not to go without her. Shall not be for thine honour Though his faith was accepted, yet the...
Judges 4:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DEBORAH AND BARAK (vv.1-24) Ehud evidently judged Israel during 80 years of peace, but after his death Israel again turned from the Lord's ways, doing evil in His sight. It is not said what e...
Judges 4:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Project of Deborah and Barak. B. C. 1258. 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of...
Judges 4:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Notwithstanding the journey, Heb. the way , i.e. the course or practice, as the way is taken, Numbers 22:32 . A woman; either, 1. Jael; or rather, 2. Deborah, who being, as it were, the...
Judges 4:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:9 a ‘And she said, “I will surely go with you. Except that now the journey you take will not be for your honour, for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Deborah's confi...
Judges 4:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE SAD HISTORY OF SIN CONTINUED.— Judges 4:1-11 CRITICAL NOTES. — Judges 4:1 . And the children of Israel again did evil, etc.] They “ continued to do evil .” After all the solemn and affecti...
Judges 4:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:1 . When Ehud was dead. This period includes eighty years from the death of Othniel, and was fraught with important events. Chushan's eight years of affliction, and Eglon's eighteen of pr...
Judges 4:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deborah, a prophetess . .. Judged Israel. Deborah: woman’s attribute 1. Amongst the women of the Bible Deborah stands out in great prominence, though we know but little of her character. She...
Judges 4:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 4:2 Sold them . See Judges 2:14 , note. Jabin king of Hazor . The exact site of Hazor has not been identified with certainty, but it is conjectured by Robinson, with...
Judges 4:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophetess Deborah Calls Barak
Judges 4:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:30 ; 2 Chronicles 26:18 ; 2 Samuel 20:21 ; 2 Samuel 20:22 ; Judges 2:14 ; Judges 4:17-22 ; Judges 5:24-27 ; Judges 9:54

Judges 4:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 4:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 4:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 4:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 4:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 4:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 4:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 4:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 4:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 4:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 4:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 4:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 4:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 4:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 4:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge