Cross references

Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,

in the days of Jael,

the highways were deserted

and the travelers took the byways.

Judges 5:6 BSB

Judges 5:6 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Judges 3:31 (5 votes) and Isaiah 33:8 (5 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Exodus 15 to Hebrews 11.

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Which verses does Judges 5:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

  2. The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

  3. I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.

  4. The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

  5. Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

  6. In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.

  7. But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

  8. They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

  9. Micah 3:122 votes

    Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Which verses point to Judges 5:6?

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