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Judges 5:29

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Country;   Patriotism;   Sisera;   Thompson Chain Reference - Deborah;   Women;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Barak;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hymn;   Judges, Book of;   Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Barak;   Deborah;   Ephraim;   Hittites;   Israel;   Jashar, Book of;   Levi;   Manasseh;   Naphtali;   Poetry;   Prince;   Simeon;   Sisera;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Wisdom;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sisera ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Barak;   Pithom;   Sisera;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baal;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Caesarea Philippi;   War;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lady;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Deborah, the Song of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Her wisest princesses answer her;she even answers herself:
Hebrew Names Version
Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
King James Version
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
Lexham English Bible
The wisest of her ladies answer her; she also answers the question herself:
English Standard Version
Her wisest princesses answer, indeed, she answers herself,
New Century Version
The wisest of her servant ladies answer her, and Sisera's mother says to herself,
New English Translation
The wisest of her ladies answer; indeed she even thinks to herself,
Amplified Bible
"Her wise ladies answered her, Indeed, she repeated her words to herself,
New American Standard Bible
"Her wise princesses would answer her, Indeed she repeats her words to herself,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Her wise ladies answered her, Yea. Shee answered her selfe with her owne wordes,
Legacy Standard Bible
Die skranderste van haar vorstinne antwoord haar, ja, sy self antwoord op haar woorde:
Contemporary English Version
She and her wisest women gave the same answer:
Complete Jewish Bible
The wisest of her ladies answer her, and she repeats it to herself,
Darby Translation
The wise amongst her ladies answer [her], Yea, she returneth answer to herself,
Easy-to-Read Version
"Her wisest servant girl answers her. Yes, the servant gives her an answer:
George Lamsa Translation
Her wise ladies answered her, saying,
Good News Translation
Her wisest friends answered her, and she told herself over and over,
Literal Translation
The wise ones of her princesses answered her; yea, she returned her words to herself:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The wysest amoge his ladies answered, & sayde vnto her:
American Standard Version
Her wise ladies answered her, Yea, she returned answer to herself,
Bible in Basic English
Her wise women gave answer to her, yes, she made answer again to herself,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Al the wyse ladyes aunswered her, yea and her owne wordes aunswered her selfe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself:
King James Version (1611)
Her wise ladies answered her, yea she returned answere to her selfe,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Her wise ladies answered her, and she returned answers to herself, saying,
English Revised Version
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
Berean Standard Bible
Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Oon wisere than `othere wyues of hym answeride these wordis to the modir of hir hosebonde,
Young's Literal Translation
The wise ones, her princesses, answer her, Yea, she returneth her sayings to herself:
Update Bible Version
Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
Webster's Bible Translation
Her wise ladies answered her, yes, she returned answer to herself.
World English Bible
Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
New King James Version
Her wisest ladies answered her, Yes, she answered herself,
New Living Translation
"Her wise women answer, and she repeats these words to herself:
New Life Bible
Her wise ladies answered her. But she asked herself again and again,
New Revised Standard
Her wisest ladies make answer, indeed, she answers the question herself:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The wise ladies, her princesses, responded, - Nay! she, returned answer to, herself: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
One that was wiser than the rest of his wives, returned this answer to her mother in law:
Revised Standard Version
Her wisest ladies make answer, nay, she gives answer to herself,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Her wise princesses would answer her, Indeed she repeats her words to herself,

Contextual Overview

24Most blessed of all women is Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of homemaking women. He asked for water, she brought milk; In a handsome bowl, she offered cream. She grabbed a tent peg in her left hand, with her right hand she seized a hammer. She hammered Sisera, she smashed his head, she drove a hole through his temple. He slumped at her feet. He fell. He sprawled. He slumped at her feet. He fell. Slumped. Fallen. Dead. 28Sisera's mother waited at the window, a weary, anxious watch. "What's keeping his chariot? What delays his chariot's rumble?" The wisest of her ladies-in-waiting answers with calm, reassuring words, "Don't you think they're busy at plunder, dividing up the loot? A girl, maybe two girls, for each man, And for Sisera a bright silk shirt, a prize, fancy silk shirt! And a colorful scarf—make it two scarves— to grace the neck of the plunderer." 31 Thus may all God 's enemies perish, while his lovers be like the unclouded sun. The land was quiet for forty years.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

answer: Heb. her words, Judges 5:29

Reciprocal: Esther 1:18 - the ladies

Cross-References

Genesis 5:9
When Enosh was ninety years old, he had Kenan. After he had Kenan, he lived another 815 years, having more sons and daughters. Enosh lived a total of 905 years. And he died.
Genesis 5:12
When Kenan was seventy years old, he had Mahalalel. After he had Mahalalel, he lived another 840 years, having more sons and daughters. Kenan lived a total of 910 years. And he died.
Genesis 9:24
When Noah woke up with his hangover, he learned what his youngest son had done. He said, Cursed be Canaan! A slave of slaves, a slave to his brothers! Blessed be God , the God of Shem, but Canaan shall be his slave. God prosper Japheth, living spaciously in the tents of Shem. But Canaan shall be his slave.
Isaiah 54:9
"This exile is just like the days of Noah for me: I promised then that the waters of Noah would never again flood the earth. I'm promising now no more anger, no more dressing you down. For even if the mountains walk away and the hills fall to pieces, My love won't walk away from you, my covenant commitment of peace won't fall apart." The God who has compassion on you says so.
Matthew 24:37
"The Arrival of the Son of Man will take place in times like Noah's. Before the great flood everyone was carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ark. They knew nothing—until the flood hit and swept everything away. "The Son of Man's Arrival will be like that: Two men will be working in the field—one will be taken, one left behind; two women will be grinding at the mill—one will be taken, one left behind. So stay awake, alert. You have no idea what day your Master will show up. But you do know this: You know that if the homeowner had known what time of night the burglar would arrive, he would have been there with his dogs to prevent the break-in. Be vigilant just like that. You have no idea when the Son of Man is going to show up. "Who here qualifies for the job of overseeing the kitchen? A person the Master can depend on to feed the workers on time each day. Someone the Master can drop in on unannounced and always find him doing his job. A God-blessed man or woman, I tell you. It won't be long before the Master will put this person in charge of the whole operation. "But if that person only looks out for himself, and the minute the Master is away does what he pleases—abusing the help and throwing drunken parties for his friends—the Master is going to show up when he least expects it and make hash of him. He'll end up in the dump with the hypocrites, out in the cold shivering, teeth chattering."
Hebrews 11:7
By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn't see, and acted on what he was told. The result? His family was saved. His act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. As a result, Noah became intimate with God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Her wise ladies answered her,.... Every one in their turn endeavouring to comfort her and make her easy. The Vulgate Latin version is,

"one that was wiser than the rest of his wives;''

but they seem rather to be her maids of honour, or ladies of her acquaintance, who were come to pay her a visit, and share in the pleasing sight they expected to have of Sisera:

yea, she returned answer to herself; before they could well give theirs, she soon recollected herself what might be, and must be, the occasion of this delay; and this, according to the Targum, she made in her wisdom, what her great wisdom quickly suggested to her was certainly the case, and with which she comforted and quieted herself.


 
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