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25 Sisera asked for water, but she gave him milk;
    she brought him cream in a beautiful bowl.
26 She took a tent peg in one hand,
    a worker's hammer in the other;
she struck Sisera and crushed his skull;
    she pierced him through the head.
27 He sank to his knees,
    fell down and lay still at her feet.
At her feet he sank to his knees and fell;
    he fell to the ground, dead.

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25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk;(A)
    in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
26 Her hand reached for the tent peg,
    her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
    she shattered and pierced his temple.(B)
27 At her feet he sank,
    he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
    where he sank, there he fell—dead(C).

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