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Judges 4:19-21
New American Standard Bible
Judges 4:19-21
New American Standard Bible
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.
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- Judges 4:21 Lit put a hammer
Judges 4:19-21
New International Version
Judges 4:19-21
New International Version
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)
Judges 4:19-21
King James Version
Judges 4:19-21
King James Version
19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
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