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25 Sisera asked for water,
    but Jael gave him milk.
In a bowl fit for a ruler,
    she brought him cream.
26 Jael reached out and took the tent peg.
    Her right hand reached for the workman’s hammer.
She hit Sisera! She smashed his head!
    She crushed and pierced the side of his head!
27 At Jael’s feet he sank.
    He fell, and he lay there.
At her feet he sank. He fell.
    Where Sisera sank, there he fell, 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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