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Judges 5:20

Judges 5:20 is verse 20 of Judges chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

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King James Version

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

World English Bible

From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.

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Judges 5:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

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

19 Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

20 From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

21 The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

22 Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Joshua 10:11

As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.

1 Samuel 7:10

As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.

Psalms 77:17

The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

Psalms 77:18

Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

Judges 4:15

And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.

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