Judges 4:21
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Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
In other translations
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
Hebrew words
וַתִּקַּחvatikachand she tookH3947יָעֵלya'elJaelH3278אֵשֶׁת־'eshet-[the] wife ofH802חֶבֶרcheverHeberH2268אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְתַדyetad[the] peg ofH3489הָאֹהֶלha'ohelthe tentH168וַתָּשֶׂםvatasemand she putH7760אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַמַּקֶּבֶתhamakevetthe hammerH4718בְּיָדָהּbeyadahin hand herH3027וַתָּבוֹאvatavo'and she wentH935אֵלָיו'elavto himH413בַּלָּאטbalatin <the> secrecyH3814וַתִּתְקַעvatitka'and she droveH8628אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַיָּתֵדhaiyatedthe pegH3489בְּרַקָּתוֹberakatoin temple hisH7541וַתִּצְנַחvatitznachand it went downH6795בָּאָרֶץba'aretzin the groundH776וְהוּא־vehu'-and heH1931נִרְדָּםnirdam[was] sleepingH7290וַיָּעַףvaiya'afand he was wearyH5888וַיָּמֹת׃vaiyamotand he diedH4191
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Related verses
- Judges 5:26-2726 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. 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.26 She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple. 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.
- Psalm 3:7Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- Judges 3:21And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
- Judges 3:31And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
- 1 Samuel 17:49-5049 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.49 Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. 50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
- 1 Samuel 17:43And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
- Judges 15:15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
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People and places
People: Heber (Judges 4), Jael