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Judges 5:23

American Standard Version

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.

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Judges 5:23 in other translations

‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel.
‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants,
because they didn’t come to help Yahweh,
to help Yahweh against the mighty.’

Judges 5:23 · World English Bible

Judges 5:23 in context

  1. 21The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.
  2. 22Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
  3. 23Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.
  4. 24Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
  5. 25He asked water, and she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.