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28 ‘Out of the window she peered,
    the mother of Sisera gazed[a] through the lattice:
“Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?”
29 Her wisest ladies make answer,
    indeed, she answers the question herself:
30 “Are they not finding and dividing the spoil?—
    A girl or two for every man;
spoil of dyed stuffs for Sisera,
    spoil of dyed stuffs embroidered,
    two pieces of dyed work embroidered for my neck as spoil?”

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Footnotes

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

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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