28 Sisera’s mother looked through the window;
she peered through the lattice, crying out:
“Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why don’t I hear the hoofbeats of his horses?” [a]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:28 Lit Why have the hoofbeats of his chariots delayed

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

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My love is like a gazelle
or a young stag.(A)
See, he is standing behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.

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My beloved is like a gazelle(A) or a young stag.(B)
    Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
    peering through the lattice.

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