Judges 4:21
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
KJV
Tulit itaque Jahel uxor Haber clavum tabernaculi, assumens pariter et malleum : et ingressa abscondite et cum silentio, posuit supra tempus capitis ejus clavum, percussumque malleo defixit in cerebrum usque ad terram : qui soporem morti consocians defecit, et mortuus est.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἰαὴλ γυνὴ Χάβερ τὸν πάσσαλον τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ ἔθηκεν τὴν σφῦραν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν κρυφῇ καὶ ἔπηξεν τὸν πάσσαλον ἐν τῷ κροτάφῳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ διεξῆλθεν ἐν τῇ γῇ· καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξεστὼς ἐσκοτώθη καὶ ἀπέθανεν.
LXX
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
ASV
וַ/תִּקַּ֣ח יָעֵ֣ל אֵֽשֶׁת חֶ֠בֶר אֶת יְתַ֨ד הָ/אֹ֜הֶל וַ/תָּ֧שֶׂם אֶת הַ/מַּקֶּ֣בֶת בְּ/יָדָ֗/הּ וַ/תָּב֤וֹא אֵלָי/ו֙ בַּ/לָּ֔אט וַ/תִּתְקַ֤ע אֶת הַ/יָּתֵד֙ בְּ/רַקָּת֔/וֹ וַ/תִּצְנַ֖ח בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/הֽוּא נִרְדָּ֥ם וַ/יָּ֖עַף וַ/יָּמֹֽת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:27 — But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
- Judg 3:21 — And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
- Judg 5:26 — 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.
- Judg 15:15 — And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
- Ps 3:7 — Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
- Ps 107:40 — He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.