17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

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17 Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael,(A) the wife of Heber the Kenite,(B) because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor(C) and the family of Heber the Kenite.

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19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(A)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(B)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(C) not light—
    pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(D)

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21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

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21 “There is no peace,”(A) says my God, “for the wicked.”(B)

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23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

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23 Pride brings a person low,(A)
    but the lowly in spirit gain honor.(B)

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40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

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40 he who pours contempt on nobles(A)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.(B)

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22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

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22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become

35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

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35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(A) like a luxuriant native tree,
36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(B)

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11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

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The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

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The vigor(A) of his step is weakened;(B)
    his own schemes(C) throw him down.(D)
His feet thrust him into a net;(E)
    he wanders into its mesh.
A trap seizes him by the heel;
    a snare(F) holds him fast.(G)
10 A noose(H) is hidden for him on the ground;
    a trap(I) lies in his path.(J)
11 Terrors(K) startle him on every side(L)
    and dog(M) his every step.
12 Calamity(N) is hungry(O) for him;
    disaster(P) is ready for him when he falls.(Q)

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19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

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19 He leads priests away stripped(A)
    and overthrows officials long established.(B)
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
    and takes away the discernment of elders.(C)
21 He pours contempt on nobles(D)
    and disarms the mighty.(E)

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24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

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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.

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In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

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“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,(A)
    in the days of Jael,(B) the highways(C) were abandoned;
    travelers took to winding paths.(D)

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