Judges 5:24

New Life Version

"The most respected of women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. She is the most respected of women in the tent.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jael is most blessed of women,the wife of Heber the Kenite;she is most blessed among tent-dwelling women.

Hebrew Names Version
Blessed above women shall Ya`el be, The wife of Hever the Keni; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

King James Version
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Lexham English Bible
"Most blessed of women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; most blessed is she of women among tent dwellers.

English Standard Version
"Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.

New Century Version
"May Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, be blessed above all women who live in tents.

New English Translation
The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.

Amplified Bible
"Most blessed of women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Most blessed is she of women in the tent.

New American Standard Bible
"Most blessed of women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Most blessed is she of women in the tent.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite shall be blessed aboue other women: blessed shall she be aboue women dwelling in tentes.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,

Contemporary English Version
But honor Jael, the wife of Heber from the Kenite clan. Give more honor to her than to any other woman who lives in tents. Yes, give more honor to her than to any other woman.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Ya‘el will be blessed more than all women. The wife of Hever the Keini will be blessed more than any woman in the tent.

Darby Translation
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, Blessed above women in the tent!

Easy-to-Read Version
Jael was the wife of Heber the Kenite. She will be blessed above all women.

George Lamsa Translation
Blessed above women shall Anael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Good News Translation
The most fortunate of women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite— the most fortunate of women who live in tents.

Literal Translation
Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. She is blessed among women in the tent.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Blessynge amonge wemen haue Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite: blessinge haue she in the tente amonge the wemen.

American Standard Version
Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Bible in Basic English
Blessings be on Jael, more than on all women! Blessings greater than on any in the tents!

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iael the wyfe of Haber the Kenite, shalbe blessed aboue other women, blessed shall she be aboue other women in the tent.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite, above women in the tent shall she be blessed.

King James Version (1611)
Blessed aboue women shal Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be aboue women in the tent.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Blessed among women be Jael wife of Chaber the Kenite; let her be blessed above women in tents.

English Revised Version
Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Berean Standard Bible
Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Blessyd among wymmen be Jahel, the wijf of Aber Cyney; blessid be sche in hir tabernacle.

Young's Literal Translation
Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed.

Update Bible Version
Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed she shall be above women in the tent.

Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

World English Bible
Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

New King James Version
"Most blessed among women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed is she among women in tents.

New Living Translation
"Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. May she be blessed above all women who live in tents.

New Revised Standard
"Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Blessed above women, shall be Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, - Above women in the tent, be blessed:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed among women be Jahel, the wife of Haber the Cinite, and blessed be she in her tent.

Revised Standard Version
"Most blessed of women be Ja'el, the wife of Heber the Ken'ite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.

THE MESSAGE
Most 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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Most blessed of women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Most blessed is she of women in the tent.

Contextual Overview

²⁴ "The most respected of women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. She is the most respected of women in the tent. ²⁵ Sisera asked for water and she gave him milk. She brought him milk in a fine pot. ²⁶ She put out her hand to the big tent nail. And she put out her right hand for the servant's heavy object. Then she hit Sisera. She crushed his head. She broke and cut through the side of his head. ²⁷ He went down. He fell and lay without moving at her feet. He fell dead where he went down. ²⁸ "The mother of Sisera looked out of the window. She looked through the window and cried in sorrow, ‘Why is his war-wagon so long in coming? Why do the steps of his horses wait?' ²⁹ Her wise ladies answered her. But she asked herself again and again, ³⁰ 'Are they not finding and dividing the riches? Is there not a girl or two for every man? Is there not colored cloth for Sisera to take? Is there not colored cloth with beautiful sewing on it? Are there not two pieces of colored cloth with beautiful sewing on them for the neck of the one who takes them?' ³¹ So let all those who hate You die, O Lord. But let those who love Him be like the sun as he rises in his power." And the land had peace for forty years.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Judges 4:17, Genesis 14:19, Proverbs 31:31, Luke 1:28, Luke 1:42

Reciprocal: Judges 4:9 - into 1 Samuel 15:6 - the Kenites 1 Samuel 27:10 - Kenites

Cross-References

Genesis 5:5
So Adam lived 930 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:6
When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.

Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked with God 300 years after the birth of Methuselah. He had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 37:30
He returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is not there! What can I do?"

Genesis 42:36
Their father Jacob said to them, "You have taken my children from me! Joseph is no more. Simeon is no more. And now you would take Benjamin! All this has come upon me!"

2 Kings 2:1
When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a wind-storm, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

Jeremiah 31:15
The Lord says, "The sound of crying and much sorrow is heard in Ramah. Rachel is crying for her children. She will not be comforted because they are dead."

Matthew 2:18
He said, "The sound of crying and much sorrow was heard in Ramah. Rachel was crying for her children. She would not be comforted because they were dead."

Luke 23:43
Jesus said to him, "For sure, I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."

1 John 1:7
If we live in the light as He is in the light, we share what we have in God with each other. And the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, makes our lives clean from all sin.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,.... Under the same influence that Meroz was cursed, Jael is blessed, the one for not helping Israel in a public way, the other for doing it in a private manner; this blessing is pronounced, either in a way of prayer that it might be, or in a way of prophecy that it should be, and indeed in both:

blessed shall she be above the women in the tent; above all women that dwell in tents: this being a proper description of a woman, whose character it is to abide in her tent, dwell at home, and mind the business of her family; and may have respect to the manly action she performed in her tent, equal, if not superior, to what was done in the field.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The blessing here pronounced is in strong contrast with the curse of Meroz. Deborah speaks of Jael’s deed by the light of her own age, which did not make manifest the evil of guile and bloodshed; the light in ours does.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 5:24. Blessed above women shall Jael - be — She shall be highly celebrated as a most heroic woman; all the Israelitish women shall glory in her. I do not understand these words as expressive of the Divine approbation towards Jael. See the observations at the end of Judges 4:24. The word bless, both in Hebrew and Greek, often signifies to praise, to speak well of, to celebrate. This is most probably its sense here.