Judges 5:25

What does Judges 5:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 5:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He asked water, andshe gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He asked water, andshe gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Water he asked--milk she gave; In a lordly dish she brought near butter.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

He asked water, she gave milk; In the nobles' bowl she brought forth cream.

Context

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

v.25This passage

v.26She put her hand 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 4:19

    And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

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