Judges 5:27
What does Judges 5:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 5:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell: Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
KJV
King James Version · 1611At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell: Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Bent at her feet he went down, he was stretched out; bent at her feet he went down; where he was bent down, there he went down in death.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Between her feet he bowed--He fell, he lay down; Between her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell--destroyed.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Between her feet he fell: he fainted, and he died: he rolled before her feet, and there he lay lifeless and wretched.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Between her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: Between her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell, overcome.
Context
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.
v.27This passage
v.28Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Siseracriedthrough the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.
- Matthew 7:2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
- Psalms 52:7
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.