Judges 5:24

Blessed among women be Jahel the wife of Haber the Cinite, and blessed be she in her tent.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

In Context

23Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the angel of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his most valiant men.

25He asked her water and she gave him milk, and offered him butter in a dish fit for princes.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:19Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who created heaven and earth.

Proverbs 31:31Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.

Luke 1:42And she cried out with a loud voice, and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Matthew Henry on Judges 5:13-24

12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty. 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. 15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also… Read the whole commentary →

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