Bible in Basic English
"Country towns were no more in Israel, *** were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel."
— Judges 5:7, Bible in Basic English
“The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.”
“The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel. ”
“The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.”
“The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel: until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel.”
Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.
The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.
In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were not used, and travellers went by side roads.
Country towns were no more in Israel, *** were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel.
They had no one to make arms, there were no more armed men in the towns; was there a body-cover or a spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.
Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.