Judges 5:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. Zebulun and Naphtali - jeoparded their lives - The original is very emphatic, חרף נפשו למות chereph naphsho lamuth, they desolated their lives to death - they were determined to conquer or die, and therefore plunged into the thickest of the battle. The word jeoparded is a silly French term, and comes from the exclamation of a disappointed gamester: Jeu perdu! The game is lost; or J'ai perdue! I have lost.

Judges 5:18

18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeopardedg their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.