Judges 5:25
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
24 Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
26 She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
- KJV
- He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
- WEB
- He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
- ASV
- He asked water, [and] she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
- DARBY
- He asked water, she gave milk; In the nobles' bowl she brought forth cream.
- BLB
- Water he requested, milk she gave; in a Magnificent bowl she brought out curds.
- ÅB
- Vann ba han om, melk gav hun ham; i prektig skål bar hun fram fløte.
- OTB
- Han ba om vann, og hun ga ham melk;
i en fin skål brakte hun ham ostemasse. - B1930
- Vann bad han om, melk gav hun ham; i prektig skål bar hun frem fløte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 4:19–21
Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.
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