Judges 5:28
Bible › Judges › Chapter 5 › Verse 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?Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
In other translations
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?Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
Hebrew words
בְּעַדbe'adthroughH1157הַחַלּוֹןhachalonthe windowH2474נִשְׁקְפָהnishkefahshe looked downH8259וַתְּיַבֵּבvateyabevand she lamentedH2980אֵם'em[the] mother ofH517סִיסְרָאsisra'SiseraH5516בְּעַדbe'adthroughH1157הָאֶשְׁנָבha'eshnavthe widow-latticeH822מַדּוּעַmadua'why?H4069בֹּשֵׁשׁbosheshhas it delayedH954רִכְבּוֹrikhbochariot hisH7393לָבוֹאlavo'to comeH935מַדּוּעַmadua'why?H4069אֶחֱרוּ'echeruhave they delayedH309פַּעֲמֵיpa'amei[the] hoof-beats ofH6471מַרְכְּבוֹתָיו׃markevotavchariots hisH4818
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Song of Solomon 8:14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
- Judges 4:15And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
- James 5:7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- 2 Kings 1:2And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
- Proverbs 7:6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
- Song of Solomon 2:9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.
People and places
People: Sisera