KJV King James Version
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
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Judges 4:17
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
WEB World English Bible
However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
ASV American Standard Version
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Sisera hath fled on his feet unto the tent of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite, for peace is between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite;
Surrounding context — Judges 4
14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this [is] the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all [his] chariots, and all [his] host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off [his] chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; [and] there was not a man left.
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
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 inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְסִֽיסְרָא֙H5516 · sis.raSiseraנָ֣סH5127 · nusto fleeבְּרַגְלָ֔יוH7272 · re.gelfootאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֹ֣הֶלH168 · o.heltentיָעֵ֔לH3278 · ya.elJaelאֵ֖שֶּׁתH802 · ish.shahwomanחֶ֣בֶרH2268 · che.verHeberהַקֵּינִ֑יH7017 · qe.niKeniteכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforשָׁל֗וֹםH7965 · sha.lompeaceבֵּ֚יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenיָבִ֣יןH2985 · ya.vinJabinמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingחָצ֔וֹרH2674 · cha.tsorHazorוּבֵ֕יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenבֵּ֖יתH1004 · betplaceחֶ֥בֶרH2268 · che.verHeberהַקֵּינִֽי׃H7017 · qe.niKenite
Cross-references
Isaiah 57:21[There is] no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.Psalm 69:22Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.Psalm 37:35-36I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.Job 12:19-21He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.Psalm 107:40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.Job 18:7-12The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.Judges 5:24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.Job 40:11-12Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.Amos 5:19-20As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
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