Judges 5:26

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 Living Translation (NLT)Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg, and with her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head. With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples.

Context of Judges 5:26

24“Most blessed among women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed is she among women in tents. 25He asked for water, she gave milk; She brought out cream in a lordly bowl. 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. 27At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; At her feet he sank, he fell; Where he sank, there he fell dead. 28“The mother of Sisera looked through the window, And cried out through the lattice, ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’

Judges 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

People and places in Judges 5:26

• Sisera

Cross-references for Judges 5:26

• 1 Samuel 17:49Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
• 2 Samuel 20:22Then the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. So Joab returned to the king at 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

Topics related to Judges 5:26

• Country
• Patriotism
• Sisera

In the dictionaries

• Barak
• Deborah
• Fight
• Hammer
• Lattice
• Poetry
• Rehearse
• Searching
• Sisera
• Songs

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