Judges 5:29
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.
28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest 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: