Judges 5:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings,i the pransings of their mighty ones. ”

Judges 5:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Probably an allusion to the frantic efforts of the chariot-horses to disengage themselves from the morass ( Judges 4:15 note). Mighty ones - Applied to bulls Psalms 22:12 and horses Jeremia...
Judges 5:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Battle of Megiddo. The waters of Megiddo were tributaries of the Kishon. Taanach and Megiddo (p. 30) were both towns on the left bank of the river. The battle-field of Megiddo long afterwards s...
Judges 5:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the pransings. Figure of speech Epizeuxis.
Judges 5:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. Then were the horsehoofs broken - In very ancient times horses were not shod; nor are they to the pr...
Judges 5:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then were the horse-hoofs broken— The word prancings destroys the whole force of this passage. The sacred writer means to inform us of the extreme haste and precipitation with which the vanquishe...
Judges 5:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. Horse-hoofs. Anciently, as in many parts of the East still, horses were not shod. The breaki...
Judges 5:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deborah's Triumph Song This song celebrates the victory of Judges 4 but from the point of view, not of a later annalist, but of a contemporary poet—very possibly (though see Judges 5:12 ) the p...
Judges 5:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

By the means of the pransings. — Rather, the stampings. In crossing the Kishon after moderate rains, I had an opportunity of observing by personal experience how easily a horse might be hopelessl...
Judges 5:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DEBORAH'S SONG: A DIVINE VISION Judges 5:1-31 THE song of Deborah and Barak is twofold, the first portion, ending with the eleventh verse, a chant of rising hope and pious encouragement during...
Judges 5:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Stars in Their Courses Judges 5:12-23 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 latt...
Judges 5:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have preserved for us the great song of Deborah, composed and sung in celebration of the victory. It is full of fire and passion and is a remarkable index to the character of the woman hersel...
Judges 5:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader, after reading all these verses as they stand in their proper places, will attend to the several things contained in them, he wilt find that Deborah takes a view of the whole army both...
Judges 5:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then were the horse hoofs broken by means of the pransings ,.... Either through the force of the waters of the river, where they pranced and plunged, and could have no standing; or through the swift...
Judges 5:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. Ver. 22. Then were the horse hoofs broken, ] viz., With hasty flight; as afterwards it fell out a...
Judges 5:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then were the horse-hoofs broken This verse finely expresses, and gives us the strongest image of, the confusion and rapidity of the flight of Sisera's captains and great men, as well as of the mul...
Judges 5:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARAK (vv.1-31) To celebrate God's great victory over Canaan, Deborah and Barak sang a remarkable song. Since Deborah's name is mentioned first, it seems likely that she...
Judges 5:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles amo...
Judges 5:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Their horses, in which they put most confidence, had their hoofs, which is their support and strength, broken, either by dreadful hailstones, or rather, by their swift and violent running over the st...
Judges 5:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:20-21 a. “They fought from heaven, The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon.” Earth and heaven com...
Judges 5:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 5.— Judges 5:12-23 THE THANKSGIVING SONG.— Continued CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 5:12 . Awake, awake, Deborah, etc.] Having adverted in the above paragraph to the high pitch of prosper...
Judges 5:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:4 . When thou wentest out of Seir. God came from Teman, in Seir; he covered the heavens with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise. Zechariah 3:3 . In like manner he now arose...
Judges 5:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive. Magnificat I. First, then, a stirring up, of all our powers to praise God, according to the word...
Judges 5:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah , etc. The ode which follows was doubtless the composition of Deborah the prophetess, and was sung by her (as the gender of the Hebrew verb indicate...
Judges 5:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat and Death of Sisera
Judges 5:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 5:28 ; Jeremiah 47:4 ; Micah 4:13 ; Psalms 147:10 ; Psalms 147:11 ; Psalms 20:7 ; Psalms 33:17
Judges 5:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Horses hoofs — Their horses, in which they put most confidence, had their hoofs, which are their support and strength, broken, either by dreadful hail — stones, or rather, by their swift and violen...

Judges 5:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 5:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 5:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 5:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 5:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 5:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 5:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 5:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 5:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 5:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 5:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 5:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 5:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 5:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 5:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 5:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 5:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 5:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 5:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 5:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes