19 (A)And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a leather bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him. 20 And he said to her, “Stand in the doorway of the tent, and it shall be if anyone comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there anyone here?’ that you shall say, ‘No.’” 21 But Jael, Heber’s wife, (B)took a tent peg and [a]a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died. 22 And behold, while Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he entered [b]with her, and behold, Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 4:21 Lit put a hammer
  2. Judges 4:22 Lit to

19 “I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk,(A) gave him a drink, and covered him up.

20 “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’”

21 But Jael,(B) Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep,(C) exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.(D)

22 Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael(E) went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.(F)

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