KJV King James Version
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 5:27
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
WEB World English Bible
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
ASV American Standard Version
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Between her feet he bowed—He fell, he lay down; Between her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell—destroyed.
Surrounding context — Judges 5
24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25 He asked water, [and] she gave [him] milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot [so] long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
30 Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man a damsel [or] two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, [meet] for the necks of [them that take] the spoil?
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בֵּ֣יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenרַגְלֶ֔יהָH7272 · re.gelfootכָּרַ֥עH3766 · ka.rato bowנָפַ֖לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallשָׁכָ֑בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downבֵּ֤יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenרַגְלֶ֙יהָ֙H7272 · re.gelfootכָּרַ֣עH3766 · ka.rato bowנָפָ֔לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallבַּאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichכָּרַ֔עH3766 · ka.rato bowשָׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereנָפַ֥לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallשָׁדֽוּד׃H7703 · sha.dadto ruin
Cross-references
James 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.Psalm 52:7Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.Matthew 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
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