Judges 5:20-22
Judges 5:19-23 The Message (MSG)
The kings came, they fought, the kings of Canaan fought. At Taanach they fought, at Megiddo’s brook, but they took no silver, no plunder. The stars in the sky joined the fight, from their courses they fought against Sisera. The torrent Kishon swept them away, the torrent attacked them, the torrent Kishon. Oh, you’ll stomp on the necks of the strong! Then the hoofs of the horses pounded, charging, stampeding stallions. “Curse Meroz,” says GOD’s angel. “Curse, double curse, its people, Because they didn’t come when GOD needed them, didn’t rally to GOD’s side with valiant fighters.” * * *
Judges 5:20-22 King James Version (KJV)
They fought from heaven; The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river of Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. Then were the horsehoofs broken By the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Judges 5:20-22 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The stars fought from heaven, From their courses they fought against Sisera. The torrent of Kishon swept them away, The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength. Then the horses’ hoofs beat From the dashing, the dashing of his valiant steeds.
Judges 5:20-22 New Century Version (NCV)
The stars fought from heaven; from their paths, they fought Sisera. The Kishon River swept Sisera’s men away, that old river, the Kishon River. March on, my soul, with strength! Then the horses’ hoofs beat the ground. Galloping, galloping go Sisera’s mighty horses.
Judges 5:20-22 American Standard Version (ASV)
From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera. The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength. Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
Judges 5:20-22 New International Version (NIV)
From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera. The river Kishon swept them away, the age-old river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul; be strong! Then thundered the horses’ hooves— galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.
Judges 5:20-22 New King James Version (NKJV)
They fought from the heavens; The stars from their courses fought against Sisera. The torrent of Kishon swept them away, That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon. O my soul, march on in strength! Then the horses’ hooves pounded, The galloping, galloping of his steeds.
Judges 5:20-22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“From the heavens the stars fought, From their courses they fought against Sisera. “The torrent Kishon swept the enemy away, The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength. “Then the horses’ hoofs beat [loudly] Because of the galloping—the galloping of his valiant and powerful steeds.
Judges 5:20-22 New Living Translation (NLT)
The stars fought from heaven. The stars in their orbits fought against Sisera. The Kishon River swept them away— that ancient torrent, the Kishon. March on with courage, my soul! Then the horses’ hooves hammered the ground, the galloping, galloping of Sisera’s mighty steeds.
Judges 5:20-22 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Even the stars in the sky joined in the fight, moving across the sky, shining as they fought against Sisera. The flooding Kishon swept them away— the ancient Kishon River contended with them. I shall march and keep marching on. So be strong, O my soul! Then thundered the horses’ hooves, pulling the chariots of the kings of Canaan. Here they come galloping on, steeds and stallions stampeding on, but they all got stuck in the mud!
Judges 5:20-22 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
From heaven the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera. The torrent Kishon swept them away, the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. March on, my soul, with might! “Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.