Judges 4:4

4 Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time.

Judges 4:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
ESV
4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
NLT
4 Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at that time.
MSG
4 Deborah was a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth. She was judge over Israel at that time.
CSB
4 Deborah, a woman who was a prophet and the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

Judges 4:4 In-Context

2 So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim.
3 Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.
4 Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.
5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.
6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor.

Cross References 2

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Traditionally "judging"
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