士师记 5:21

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

基順河的急流把他們沖沒，古河的急流、基順河的急流，我的心哪，你要努力踐踏。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
基 顺 古 河 把 敌 人 冲 没 ； 我 的 灵 啊 ， 应 当 努 力 前 行 。

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

Kishon: Judges 4:7, Judges 4:13, 1 Kings 18:40, Psalms 83:9, Psalms 83:10

O my soul: Genesis 49:18, Psalms 44:5, Isaiah 25:10, Micah 7:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:6 - O my soul Exodus 14:27 - Lord Judges 4:15 - General 2 Samuel 18:8 - General Jeremiah 4:19 - O my Jeremiah 46:15 - thy

Cross-References

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

The river of Kishon swept them away,.... To which Sisera's army was drawn, and where it was discomfited; and very probably many of them, in their confusion, endeavoured to make their escape by fording or swimming over the river, by which they were swept away and drowned, the waters of it at this time swelling in a miraculous manner, as Ben Gersom thinks; or were increased by the large showers of rain that fell, as some note from Josephus, though I find it not in him; however it is not improbable it might be the case; for our countryman Mr. Maundrell l thus observed when he was at it;

"in the condition we saw it, its waters were low and inconsiderable; but passing along the side of the plain, we discovered the track of many lesser torrents falling down into it from the mountains, which must needs make it swell exceedingly upon sudden rains, as doubtless it actually did at the destruction of Sisera's host, Judges 5:21''

that ancient river, the river Kishon; called ancient, either because it was from the beginning of the creation, and not cut by the art of men, as some rivers are; or because it was spoken of by poets and historians in ancient times; or because of famous exploits done here of old; so the Targum,

"the river where signs and mighty works were done for Israel of old.''

Some take the word Kedumim to be another name of the river, so called from its windings and turnings, and, as it were, meeting itself. So some travellers tell us m the river Kedumim, the same with Kishon, is so called, because it meets itself, being by its meanders formed like a sling or noose, as Kishon signifies; it rises at Mount Tabor, and discharges itself into the Mediterranean sea, at the foot of Mount Carmel; so Hillerus n says, Kishon signifies bending in manner of a snare, or net, or meander, and takes it to be the same with the Pagida of Pliny o, which in the Greek tongue signifies the same:

O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength; a strong and mighty army, through her prayers and supplication, advice and direction; or thou hast trodden with strength, that is, the river Kishon, as some Jewish interpreters understand it, who suppose that another miracle was wrought; that as the waters of the river swelled when the Canaanites attempted to escape over it, so it sunk and became fordable for Deborah and the Israelites; a miracle, as they suppose, somewhat similar to that at the Red sea.

l Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 57. m Egmont and Heyman's Travels, par. 2. p. 2. n Onomastic. Sacr. p. 186, 405, 865. o Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The word translated ancient occurs only here. The phrase probably means that Kishon was celebrated from ancient times on account of the battles fought on its banks.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 5:21. The river of Kishon swept them away — This gives plausibility to the above conjecture, that there was a storm at this time which produced an inundation in the river Kishon, which the routed Canaanites attempting to ford were swept away.