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29 The wisest of her servant ladies answer her,
    and Sisera’s mother says to herself,
30 ‘Surely they are robbing the people they defeated!
    Surely they are dividing those things among themselves!
Each soldier is given a girl or two.
    Maybe Sisera is taking pieces of dyed cloth.
Maybe they are even taking
    pieces of dyed, embroidered cloth for the necks of the victors!’

31 “Let all your enemies die this way, Lord!
    But let all the people who love you
    be as strong as the rising sun!”

Then there was peace in the land for forty years.

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

31 “So may all your enemies perish,(D) Lord!
    But may all who love you be like the sun(E)
    when it rises in its strength.”(F)

Then the land had peace(G) forty years.

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