28 “Out of the window she looked and wailed,
The mother of Sisera through the [a]lattice,
‘Why does his chariot delay in coming?
Why do the [b]hoofbeats of his chariots delay?’
29 Her wise princesses would answer her,
Indeed she repeats her words to herself,
30 (A)Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoils?
A concubine, two concubines for every warrior;
To Sisera a spoil of dyed cloth,
A spoil of dyed cloth embroidered,
Dyed cloth of double embroidery on the [c]neck of the plunderer?’

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:28 Or window
  2. Judges 5:28 Lit steps
  3. Judges 5:30 Lit necks of the spoil

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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