Judges 4:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJudges 4:21 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַתִּקַּ֣ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
יָעֵ֣ל
Yâʻêl
H3278
Jael
אֵֽשֶׁת
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
חֶ֠בֶר
Cheber
H2268
Heber
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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יְתַ֨ד
yâthêd
H3489
peg
הָאֹ֜הֶל
ʼôhel
H168
tent
וַתָּ֧שֶׂם
sûwm
H7760
to put
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַמַּקֶּ֣בֶת
maqqebeth
H4718
hole
בְּיָדָ֗הּ
yâd
H3027
hand
וַתָּב֤וֹא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֵלָיו֙
ʼêl
H413
to
בַּלָּ֔אט
lâʼṭ
H3814
secrecy
וַתִּתְקַ֤ע
tâqaʻ
H8628
to blow
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַיָּתֵד֙
yâthêd
H3489
peg
בְּרַקָּת֔וֹ
raqqâh
H7541
temple
וַתִּצְנַ֖ח
tsânach
H6795
to go down
בָּאָ֑רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
וְהֽוּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
נִרְדָּ֥ם
râdam
H7290
to sleep
וַיָּ֖עַף
ʻûwph
H5774
to fly
וַיָּמֹֽת
mûwth
H4191
to die
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
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King James Version Public Domain
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Jael, the wife of Heber, took a peg of the tent, and she put the hammer in her hand, and she came to him in secret, and she drove the peg into his temple and pounded into the ground, for he was sleeping deeply and was weary, and he died.
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