Judges 5:29
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.
28 Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
31 So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
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
- Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
- KJV
- Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
- WEB
- Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
- ASV
- Her wise ladies answered her, Yea, she returned answer to herself,
- DARBY
- The wise amongst her ladies answer [her], Yea, she returneth answer to herself,
- BLB
- The wisest of her princesses answered her; indeed, she returns her words herself:
- ÅB
- De klokeste av hennes fruer svarer henne, og selv gir hun seg svar på sine ord:
- OTB
- Hennes vise damer svarte henne,
ja, hun fortsatte å si til seg selv, - B1930
- De klokeste av hennes fruer svarer henne, og selv gir hun sig svar på sine ord: