Speak, you that ride on white asses, you that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
Speak, you that ride on white asses, you that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
Tell of it , ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.
Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
"Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on rich carpets, and ye that walk by the way.
Ye that ride on white asses - Perhaps אתנות צחרות athonoth tsechoroth should be rendered sleek or well-fed asses; rendered asinos nitentes, shining asses, by the Vulgate.
Ye that sit in judgment - ישבי על מדין yoshebey al middin; some have rendered this, ye who dwell in Middin. This was a place in the tribe of Judah, and is mentioned Joshua 15:61.
And walk by the way - Persons who go from place to place for the purposes of traffic.
Ye that ride on white donkeys ... - i. e. nobles or magistrates. Deborah appeals to the classes mentioned in Judges 5:6-7, to bear witness to the happy change that had followed the overthrow of Jabin.
That sit in judgment - Rather "that sit on saddles, or horse-cloths," a further description of those who ride on asses.
5:10 Speak - Celebrate the praise of our mighty God. That ride on white asses - That is, magistrates and nobles, who used to do so, chap.10:4 12:14. That walk - That is, you that can safely travel in those high ways, which before you durst neither ride nor walk in: so great and mean persons are jointly excited to praise God.