Judges 5:18

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.”

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BSBPD

“Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Zebulun <FI>is<Fi> a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also--on high places of the field.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 5:18 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
  2. Genesis 35:25The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
  3. Judges 4:6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
  4. Judges 4:10where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
  5. Judges 4:14Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  6. Esther 4:16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
  7. Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
  8. 1 John 3:16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
  9. Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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