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24 You will be blessed above other women,
    O Jael, wife of Heber, the Kenite;
    you are blessed above other women who live in tents.
25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk.
    In a dish fit for royalty, she brought him cream.
26 Her hand reached for a tent peg,
    her right hand for a workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera; she crushed his head,
    she pierced and bored through his temple.

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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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