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26 She put her hand to the tent peg
    and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;
she struck Sis′era a blow,
    she crushed his head,
    she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 He sank, he fell,
    he lay still at her feet;
at her feet he sank, he fell;
    where he sank, there he fell dead.

28 “Out of the window she peered,
    the mother of Sis′era gazed[a] through the lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:28 Gk Compare Tg: Heb exclaimed

26 Her hand reached for the tent peg,
    her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
    she shattered and pierced his temple.(A)
27 At her feet he sank,
    he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
    where he sank, there he fell—dead(B).

28 “Through the window(C) peered Sisera’s mother;
    behind the lattice she cried out,(D)
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’

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