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Judges 5:26
26She took a tent peg in her left hand. She took a worker's hammer in her right hand. She hit the peg through Sisera's head. She broke his skull. She broke it completely. She knocked the sharp peg through his head.
Judges 5:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple.
- English Standard Version (ESV)She sent her hand to the tent peg and her right hand to the workmen's mallet; she struck Sisera; she crushed his head; she shattered and pierced his temple.
- New King James Version (NKJV)She stretched her hand to the tent peg, Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head, She split and struck through his temple.
Context of Judges 5:26
24But Jael should receive great honour! Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, should receive more honour than all other women who live in tents. 25Sisera asked her for water to drink, and she gave him milk. She gave him the best cream in a beautiful bowl. She took a tent peg in her left hand. She took a worker's hammer in her right hand. She hit the peg through Sisera's head. She broke his skull. She broke it completely. She knocked the sharp peg through his head. 27He fell to the floor at her feet. He lay there and he did not move. He died at the place where he fell. Jael had killed him! 28Sisera's mother looked out from the window of her house. She waited for Sisera to return. She said, “His chariot has taken a long time to come! Why do I not yet hear the sound of his horse's feet?”
Read all of Judges 5Judges 5:26 word by word
יָדָהּ֙ לַיָּתֵ֣ד תִּשְׁלַ֔חְנָה וִֽימִינָ֖הּ לְהַלְמ֣וּת עֲמֵלִ֑ים וְהָלְמָ֤ה סִֽיסְרָא֙ מָחֲקָ֣ה רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וּמָחֲצָ֥ה וְחָלְפָ֖ה רַקָּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- She putשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: reachH7971
- her handיָדyâd · handH3027
- to the nailיָתֵדyâthêd · pegH3489
- and her right handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
- to the workmen’sעָמֵל‛âmêl · labour(er)H6001
- hammerהַלְמוּתhalmûth · hammerH1989
- and with the hammer she smoteהָלַםhâlam · to smiteH1986
- Siseraסִיסְרָאsîyserâ' · SiseraH5516
- she smote offמָחַקmâchaq · to destroyH4277
- his headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
- when she had piercedמָחַץmâchats · to woundH4272
- and stricken throughחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
- his templesרַקָּהraqqâh · templeH7541
Cross-references for Judges 5:26
- 1 Samuel 17:49David reached into his bag and he took out a stone. He put the stone into his sling and he threw it. The stone hit the Philistine man's head, above his eyes. It went in very deep. Goliath fell down with his face on the ground.
- 2 Samuel 20:22Then the woman spoke to all the people in the city. She told them her wise advice. So they cut off Sheba's head and they threw it off the wall to Joab. Then Joab made a loud noise with his trumpet. So his soldiers went away from the city. Each of them went to his own home. Joab returned to King David in Jerusalem.
Commentaries on Judges 5:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26She smote off his head - The original does not warrant this translation; nor is it supported by fact. She smote his head, and transfixed him through the temples. It was his head that received the death wound, and the place where this wound was inflicted was the temples. The manner in which Jael despatched Sisera seems to have been this: Observing him to be in a profound sleep she took a workman's hammer, probably a joiner's mallet, and with one blow on…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Rather “she smote his head, and she struck and pierced through his temple.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-31Verses 24-31 Jael had a special blessing. Those whose lot is cast in the tent, in a low and narrow sphere, if they serve God according to the powers he has given them, shall not lose their reward. The mother of Sisera looked for his return, not in the least fearing his success. Let us take heed of indulging eager desires towards any temporal good, particularly toward that which cherishes vain-glory, for that was what she here doted on. What a picture does…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-27The story of Sisera's end includes a short celebration of Jael.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2724-27. is a most graphic picture of the treatment of Sisera in the tent of Jael.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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