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 · 2000He asked water, andshe gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He asked water, andshe gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Water he asked--milk she gave; In a lordly dish she brought near butter.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He asked her water, and she gave him milk, and offered him butter in a dish fit for princes.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He 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.