King James Version

Judges 5:20

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

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מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.שָׁמַ֖יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).נִלְחָ֑מוּnilchamvdevourלָחַםverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “devour”, a completed actionH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).הַכּֽוֹכָבִים֙hakokhavimthe starכּוֹכָבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the star”, the ordinary formH3556a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a princestar(-gazer).מִמְּסִלּוֹתָ֔םmimsilotamfrom causewayמְסִלָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from causeway”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4546a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircasecauseway, course, highway, path, terrace.נִלְחֲמ֖וּnilchamvdevourלָחַםverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “devour”, a completed actionH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).סִיסְרָֽאsiseraSiseraסִיסְרָאnoun, proper name — “Sisera”H5516Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the NethinimSisera.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

From the heavens they fought: The stars from their highways fought with Sisera.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

From heaven was the fight; The stars from their courses fought with Sisera.

Douay-Rheims

War from heaven was made against them, the stars remaining in their order and courses fought against Sisara.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The stars from heaven set themselves in array, they set themselves to fight with Sisara out of their paths.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξ οὐρανοῦ παρετάξαντο οἱ ἀστέρες, ἐκ τρίβων αὐτῶν παρετάξαντο μετὰ Σισάρα.