Judges 5:25

Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

In Context

24Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite, above women in the tent shall she be blessed.

26Her hand she put to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head, yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.

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Matthew Henry on Judges 5:25-31

24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 28 The… Read the whole commentary →

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