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The Book of Judges, Chapter 5, Verse 13

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Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
King James Version
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
American Standard Version
Then came down a remnant of the nobles [and] the people; Jehovah came down for me against the mighty.
New English Translation
Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the LORD’s people came down to me as warriors.
World English Bible
"Then a remnant of the nobles [and] the people came down. Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.
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Out of Ephraim [was there] a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
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And the princes of Issachar [were] with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great thoughts of heart.
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Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great searchings of heart.
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Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
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Zebulun and Naphtali [were] a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
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The kings came [and] fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
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They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
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The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
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Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
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Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.