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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”