Judges 5:22

22 Then were the hoofs of the horses broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

Judges 5:22 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 5:22

Then were the horse hoofs broken by means of the pransings,
&c.] Either through the force of the waters of the river, where they pranced and plunged, and could have no standing; or through the swift haste they made to run away, striking the earth so quick, and with such force and vehemence, that their hoofs were broken thereby, especially on stony ground, and so their speed retarded:

the pransings of the mighty ones;
either their riders, princes, and great personages, who made them prance, leap, and run with great speed and force; or horses strong and mighty, being such as were selected for this purpose, and trained to war.

Judges 5:22 In-Context

20 They fought from the heavens; the stars from their ways fought against Sisera.

21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. Tread down, O my soul, with strength.

22 Then were the hoofs of the horses broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof because they did not come to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

24 Blessed above women shall Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.