Judges 5:8
Judges 5:6-8 The Message (MSG)
In the time of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the time of Jael, Public roads were abandoned, travelers went by backroads. Warriors became fat and sloppy, no fight left in them. Then you, Deborah, rose up; you got up, a mother in Israel. God chose new leaders, who then fought at the gates. And not a shield or spear to be seen among the forty companies of Israel.
Judges 5:8 King James Version (KJV)
They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
Judges 5:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
New gods were chosen; Then war was in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.
Judges 5:8 New Century Version (NCV)
At that time they chose to follow new gods. Because of this, enemies fought us at our city gates. No one could find a shield or a spear among the forty thousand people of Israel.
Judges 5:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
Judges 5:8 New International Version (NIV)
God chose new leaders when war came to the city gates, but not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
Judges 5:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
They chose new gods; Then there was war in the gates; Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
Judges 5:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
They chose new gods; Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
Judges 5:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
When Israel chose new gods, war erupted at the city gates. Yet not a shield or spear could be seen among forty thousand warriors in Israel!