24 Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite shall be blessed above other women: blessed shall she be above women dwelling in tents.

25 He asked water, and she gave him milk: she brought forth [a]butter in a lordly dish.

26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman’s hammer: with the hammer smote she Sisera: she smote off his head, after she had wounded and pierced his temples.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:25 Some read churned milk in a great cup.

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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