士师记 5:18

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

西布倫人是敢死的民族；拿弗他利人在田野的高處，奮不顧身。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
西 布 伦 人 是 拚 命 敢 死 的 ； 拿 弗 他 利 人 在 田 野 的 高 处 也 是 如 此 。

Contextual Overview

¹² "Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Go capture your enemies, son of Abinoam! ¹³ "Then those who were left came down to the important leaders. The Lord 's people came down to me with strong men. ¹⁴ They came from Ephraim in the mountains of Amalek. Benjamin was among the people who followed you. From the family group of Makir, the commanders came down. And from Zebulun came those who lead. ¹⁵ The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. The people of Issachar were loyal to Barak and followed him into the valley. The Reubenites thought hard about what they would do. ¹⁶ Why did you stay by the sheepfold? Was it to hear the music played for your sheep? The Reubenites thought hard about what they would do. ¹⁷ The people of Gilead stayed east of the Jordan River. People of Dan, why did you stay by the ships? The people of Asher stayed at the seashore, at their safe harbors. ¹⁸ But the people of Zebulun risked their lives, as did the people of Naphtali on the battlefield. ¹⁹ "The kings came, and they fought. At that time the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo. But they took away no silver or possessions of Israel. ²⁰ The stars fought from heaven; from their paths, they fought Sisera. ²¹ The Kishon River swept Sisera's men away, that old river, the Kishon River. March on, my soul, with strength!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zebulun: Judges 4:10

jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach.

their lives: Esther 4:16, Acts 20:24, 1 John 3:16, Revelation 12:11

in the high: Judges 4:6, Judges 4:10, Judges 4:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:21 - General 2 Samuel 1:25 - How 2 Samuel 23:17 - jeopardy 1 Chronicles 11:19 - in jeopardy Acts 15:26 - hazarded

Cross-References

Genesis 4:17
He had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. At that time Cain was building a city, which he named after his son Enoch.

Genesis 5:14
So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:15
When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he had a son named Jared.

1 Chronicles 1:3
Enoch was the father of Methuselah. Methuselah was the father of Lamech, and Lamech was the father of Noah.

Luke 3:37
Lamech was the son of Methuselah. Methuselah was the son of Enoch. Enoch was the son of Jared. Jared was the son of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the son of Kenan.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Zebulun and Naphtali were a people,.... These two tribes were chiefly concerned in this war; out of them were the 10,000 men that followed Barak, who willingly offered themselves, and were the most active and vigorous:

[that] jeoparded themselves unto the death; exposed them to the utmost danger, fearless of death itself: or reproached k their lives; were careless of them, valued them not; they were not dear to them, but were ready to part with them freely, in the cause of liberty in which they were engaged:

in the high places of the field; on the top of Mount Tabor, where they were mustered, and from whence they beheld the vast host of Sisera surrounding them; and yet, with an undaunted bravery and courage, descended the hill to fight with them. The Vulgate Latin version reads, "in the country of Merome"; in the plains and fields of it, near which were the waters of Merom, where Joshua fought Jabin, a former king of Canaan, and supposed by some to be the same with Kishon here,

Joshua 11:5.

k חרף "probris affecit", Pagninus; so the Targum.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In contrast with the selfishness of the tribes just named, Deborah reverts with enthusiasm to the heroic prowess of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 5:18. 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.