Judges 5:24
“Blessed aboue women shal Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be aboue women in the tent.”
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Judges 5:24 Context
22Then were the horse hoofes broken, by the meanes of the pransings, the pransings of their mightie ones. 23Curse ye Meroz (said the Angel of the Lord ) curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof: because they came not to the helpe of the Lord, to the helpe of the Lord against the mighty. 24Blessed aboue women shal Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be aboue women in the tent. 25He asked water, and she gaue him milke, shee brought foorth butter in a lordly dish. 26Shee put her hand to the naile, and her right hand to the workemens hammer: and with the hammer shee smote Sisera, shee smote off his head, when she had pearsed & striken through his temples.
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Other Translations for Judges 5:24
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- King James Version
"Most blessed of women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Most blessed is she of women in the tent.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Blessings be on Jael, more than on all women! Blessings greater than on any in the tents!
- Basic English Bible
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, Blessed above women in the tent!
- Darby Bible
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- Webster's Bible
Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- World English Bible
Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite, above women in the tent shall she be blessed.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Judges 5:24
5:24 Blessed - Celebrated, and endowed with all sorts of blessings more than they. In the tent - In her tent or habitation, in her house and family, and all her affairs: for she and hers dwelt in tents. The tent is here mentioned as an allusion to the place where the fact was done.