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]
29 Her wisest princesses answer her;
she even answers herself:[b]
30 “Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—
a girl or two for each warrior,
the spoil of colored garments for Sisera,
the spoil of an embroidered garment or two for my neck?”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:28 Lit Why have the hoofbeats of his chariots delayed
  2. Judges 5:29 Lit answers her words
  3. Judges 5:30 Hb obscure

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?’
29 The wisest of her ladies answer her;
    indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:(C)
    a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
    colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments(D) for my neck—
    all this as plunder?(E)

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