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Judges 5:26

5:25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
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. with: Heb. she hammered

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She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.

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.

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.

5:27 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. At: Heb. Between dead: Heb. destroyed

What does Judges 5:26 mean?

Judges 5:26 is a verse in the book of Judges, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁלַח (shâlach), יָד (yâd), יָתֵד (yâthêd). It connects to 12 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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She
putשָׁלַחshâlach/shaw-lakh'/H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
her
handיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
to
the
nail,יָתֵדyâthêd/yaw-thade'/H3489a peg
and
her
right
handיָמִיןyâmîyn/yaw-meen'/H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
to
the
workmen'sעָמֵלʻâmêl/aw-male'/H6001toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful
hammer;הַלְמוּתhalmûwth/hal-mooth'/H1989a hammer (or mallet)
and
with
the
hammer
she
smoteהָלַםhâlam/haw-lam'/H1986to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
Sisera,סִיסְרָאÇîyçᵉrâʼ/see-ser-aw'/H5516Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim
she
smote
offמָחַקmâchaq/maw-khak'/H4277to crush
his
head,רֹאשׁrôʼsh/roshe/H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
when
she
had
piercedמָחַץmâchats/maw-khats'/H4272to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
and
stricken
throughחָלַףchâlaph/khaw-laf'/H2498properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
his
temples.רַקָּהraqqâh/rak-kaw'/H7541properly, thinness, i.e. the side of the head
with:
Heb.
she
hammered

Commentary on Judges 5:26

HENRY_FULL · Judges 5:26
This chapter concludes the life and reign of Joshua, in which we have, I. The great care and pains he took to confirm the people of Israel in the true faith and worship of God, that they might, after his death, persevere therein. In order to this he called another general assembly of the heads of the congregation of Israel ( ver. 1 ) and dealt with them. 1. By way of narrative, recounting the great things God had done for them and their fathers, ver. 2-13 . 2. By way of charge to them, in consideration thereof, to serve God, ver. 14 . 3. By way of treaty with them, wherein he aims to bring them, (1.) To make religion their deliberate choice; and they did so, with reasons for their choice, ver. 15-18 . (2.) To make it their determinate choice, and to resolve to adhere to it, ver. 19-24 . 4. By way of covenant upon that treaty, ver. 25-28 . II. The conclusion of this history, with, 1. The death and burial of Joshua ( ver. 29, 30 ) and Eleazar ( ver. 33 ), and the mention of the burial of Joseph's bones upon that occasion, ver. 32 . 2. A general account of the state of Israel at that time, ver. 31 . Joshua's Farewell Address to Israel. (

Cross-references

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Genesis 11:26

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11:31

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

Genesis 12:1

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Genesis 31:19

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. images: Heb. teraphim

Genesis 31:30

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Genesis 31:32

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

Genesis 31:53

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

Genesis 35:4

And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

Judges 5:15

And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. foot: Heb. his feet thoughts: Heb. impressions For: or, In

Isaiah 51:2

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

Ezekiel 16:3

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. birth: Heb. cutting out, or, habitation

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1 Samuel 14:27

But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

1 Samuel 16:20

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

1 Samuel 22:17

And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners

2 Samuel 8:10

Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: salute: Heb. ask him of peace had wars: Heb. was a man of wars with brought: Heb. in his hand were

Deuteronomy 25:11

When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

Genesis 38:20

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

Genesis 48:17

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. displeased: was evil in his eyes

Judges 4:22

And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

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What does Judges 5:26 say?

Judges 5:26 (King James Version) reads: "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. with: Heb. she hammered"

Is Judges 5:26 in the Old or New Testament?

Judges 5:26 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Judges.

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