Judges 4:19

Judges 4:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty." So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him.

Context of Judges 4:19

17Now Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my master, turn aside to me! Do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a leather bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him. 20And he said to her, “Stand in the doorway of the tent, and it shall be if anyone comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there anyone here?’ that you shall say, ‘No.’” 21But Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died.

Judges 4:19 word by word

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלֶ֛יהָ הַשְׁקִינִי־נָ֥א מְעַט־מַ֖יִם כִּ֣י צָמֵ֑אתִי וַתִּפְתַּ֞ח אֶת־נֹ֧אוד הֶחָלָ֛ב וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖הוּ וַתְּכַסֵּֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to her, “Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• giveשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: drinkH8248
• me a littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• toשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: drinkH8248
• for I amצָמֵאtsâmê' · to thirstH6770
• So she openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• a leatherנֹאדnô'd nô'd nô'dâh · wineskinH4997
• of milkחָלָבchâlâb · milkH2461
• then she coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680

Cross-references for Judges 4:19

• Judges 5:26She reached out her hand for the tent peg, And her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head; And she shattered and pierced his temple.
• Genesis 24:43behold, I am standing by the spring, and may it be that the young unmarried woman who comes out to draw water, and to whom I say, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar”;
• 1 Kings 17:10So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
• Isaiah 41:17“The poor and needy are seeking water, but there is none, And their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the Lord, will answer them Myself; As the God of Israel I will not abandon them.
• John 4:7A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

Commentaries on Judges 4:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19She opened a bottle of milk - She gave more than he requested; and her friendship increased his confidence and security.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 Sisera's chariots had been his pride and his confidence. Thus are those disappointed who rest on the creature; like a broken reed, it not only breaks under them, but pierces them with many sorrows. The idol may quickly become a burden, Is 46:1; what we were sick for, God can make us sick of. It is probable that Jael really intended kindness to Sisera; but by a Divine impulse she was afterwards led to consider him as the determined enemy of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19The milk was likely the curds that the Arabs favored (compare "curds," Judges 5:25). Many believe it causes sleepiness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. she ... gave him drink, and covered him--Sisera reckoned on this as a pledge of his safety, especially in the tent of a friendly sheik. This pledge was the strongest that could be sought or obtained, after he had partaken of refreshments, and been introduced in the inner or women's apartment.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 4:19

• Canaanites
• Courage
• Hypocrisy
• Jael
• Kenites
• Milk
• Treachery

In the dictionaries

• Asleep
• Bottle
• Harosheth of the Gentiles
• Jael
• Kenites
• Milk
• Prophetess
• Thirsty
• Abdon (1)
• Food

Commentaries on Judges 4

• 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