


Judges 4:21
Bible Versions
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.
Then Jael {H3278} Heber's {H2268} wife {H802} took {H3947} a nail {H3489} of the tent {H168}, and took {H7760} an hammer {H4718} in her hand {H3027}, and went {H935} softly {H3814} unto him, and smote {H8628} the nail {H3489} into his temples {H7541}, and fastened {H6795} it into the ground {H776}: for he was fast asleep {H7290} and weary {H5774}. So he died {H4191}.
But when he was deeply asleep, Ya'el the wife of Hever took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand, crept in to him quietly and drove the tent peg into his temple, right through to the ground; so that he died without waking up.
But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
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.
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