Judges 5:25
23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down 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
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
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