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28 “Through the window she looked down;
    the mother of Sisera cried out through the lattice,
‘Why is his chariot delayed in coming?
    Why do the hoof beats[a] of his chariot tarry?’
29 The wisest of her ladies answer her;
    she also answers the question herself:
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the plunder?
    A bedmate or two bedmates for every man;[b]
colorful garments for Sisera,
    plunder of colorful garments,[c]
beautifully finished colorful garments,
    on the neck of the plunderer?’

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:28 Or “steps”
  2. Judges 5:30 Literally “a womb, two wombs for head of every man”
  3. Judges 5:30 Hebrew “garment”

28 “Through the window(A) peered Sisera’s mother;
    behind the lattice she cried out,(B)
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’
29 The wisest of her ladies answer her;
    indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:(C)
    a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
    colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments(D) for my neck—
    all this as plunder?(E)

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