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Dommerne 4,21

HeberJael

19 Han sa til henne: “Jeg er tørst. Vær så snill å gi meg litt vann å drikke.” Hun åpnet en skinnsekk med melk, ga ham en drink, og dekket ham.

20 Han instruerte henne: “Stå i døråpningen til teltet, og hvis noen kommer og spør, ‘Er det noen her?’ si, ‘Nei.’”

Men Jael, Hebers kone, tok en teltplugg og en hammer, og gikk stille til ham mens han lå i dyp søvn, utslitt. Hun drev pluggen gjennom tinningen hans ned i bakken, og han døde.

22 Akkurat da kom Barak i forfølgelsen av Sisera, og Jael gikk ut for å møte ham. Hun sa: “Kom, jeg vil vise deg mannen du leter etter.” Så han gikk inn med henne, og der lå Sisera med teltpluggen gjennom tinningen—død.

23 På den dagen undertrykte Gud Jabin, kongen av Kanaan, foran israelittene.

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BSB
But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
KJV
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
WEB
Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.
ASV
Then Jael Heber`s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
DARBY
And Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took the hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it penetrated into the ground; for he had fallen into a deep sleep and was faint; and he died.
BLB
And Jael the wife of Heber took a peg of the tent, and she put the hammer in her hand, and she went to him in secrecy and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground. For he was fast asleep and weary, and he died.
ÅB
Men Jael, Hebers hustru, tok en teltplugg og gikk sakte inn til ham med en hammer i hånden og slo pluggen gjennom tinningen på ham, så den gikk ned i jorden; for trett som han var, var han falt i tung søvn. Slik døde han.
OTB
Men Jael, Hebers kone, tok en teltplugg og en hammer, og gikk stille til ham mens han lå i dyp søvn, utslitt. Hun drev pluggen gjennom tinningen hans ned i bakken, og han døde.
B1930
Men Jael, Hebers hustru, tok en teltplugg og gikk sakte inn til ham med en hammer i hånden og slo pluggen gjennem tinningen på ham, så den gikk ned i jorden; for trett som han var, var han falt i tung søvn. Således døde han.

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