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Judges 5:27

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Judges 5:27 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Judges 5:27 — American Standard Version

Context — Judges 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
24Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25He asked water, [and] she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
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.
27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera [cried] through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
29Her wise ladies answered her, Yea, she returned answer to herself,
30Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“At: Heb. Between where: Psa 52:7; Mat 7:2; Jam 2:13 dead: Heb. destroyed Judges 5:28”
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