Judges 5:20

fought. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6. Compare Joshua 10:11.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God fought on the side of Israel, and gave them the victory. Josephus relates that, just as the battle began, a violent tempest came on with a grea...
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 ri...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. They fought from heaven - The angels of God came to the assistance of Isra...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They fought from heaven— This would be rendered more properly, the stars fought from heaven: they fought from their orbits [their paths or cou...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The stars in their courses fought - a fearful tempest burst upon t...
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 p...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They fought from heaven. — The “they” is impersonal — the powers above. (Comp. Luke 12:20 , Greek, and for the fact, Judges 4:22 .) The stars i...
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 ch...
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...
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 rem...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They fought from heaven ,.... Either the angels of heaven, afterwards called stars; or the heavens, the elements, fought for Israel, and against Sis...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Ver. 20. They fought from heaven. ] Where the Lord of hosts hath his M...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They fought from heaven The prophetess, having in the foregoing verse mentioned who were the allies and helpers of Jabin, does here, in a very magn...
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...
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 hi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, they from heaven , or the heavenly host fought , by thunder, and lightning, and hailstones, possibly mingled with fire. Compare Joshua 10:11...
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 ancien...
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 i...
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 pra...
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 a...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera, literally, "From heaven fought the stars, from their courses they fought a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:10 ; Joshua 10:11 ; Judges 4:15 ; Psalms 77:17 ; Psalms 77:18
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

From heaven — Or, they from heaven, or the heavenly host fought, by thunder, and lightning, and hail — stones, possibly mingled with fire. The star...

²⁰ They fought from heaven; the stars in their coursesh fought against Sisera.

Related Commentaries of Judges 5:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 5:20