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24 Jael was the wife of Heber the Kenite.
    She will be blessed above all women.
25 Sisera asked for water.
    Jael gave him milk.
In a bowl fit for a ruler,
    she brought him cream.
26 Then Jael reached out and took a tent peg.
    Her right hand reached for a workman’s hammer.
She put the peg against the side of Sisera’s head
    and hit it with the hammer.

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24 “Most blessed of women(A) be Jael,(B)
    the wife of Heber the Kenite,(C)
    most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk;(D)
    in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
26 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.(E)

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