Judges 5:24

“But God is very pleased with Jael, the wife of Heber from the Ken people-group. He is more pleased with her than with all the other women who live in tents.

Translation for Translators

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

23The angel sent by Yahweh said, ‘Curse the people of Meroz town, because they did not come to help Yahweh to defeat the mighty warriors of Canaan.’

25Sisera asked for some water, but Jael gave him some milk. She brought him some yogurt/curds in a bowl that was suitable for kings.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:19Then he blessed Abram, saying “I ask the Supreme God, the one who created heaven and earth, to bless you.

Proverbs 31:31Reward women who are like that, and praise them in public [MTY] for what they have done.

Luke 1:42and she said loudly to Mary, “ God has blessed you more than he has blessed any other woman, and he has blessed the child you will bear!

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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