Judges 5:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.”

Judges 5:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Judges 5:24 in 6 Bible Translations

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Judges 5:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.”

Judges 5:24 — World English Bible

Judges 5:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“ Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent. ”

Judges 5:24 — American Standard Version

Judges 5:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed.”

Judges 5:24 — Young's Literal Translation

Judges 5:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, Blessed above women in the tent! ”

Judges 5:24 — Darby Translation

Judges 5:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite shall be blessed aboue other women: blessed shall she be aboue women dwelling in tentes.”

Judges 5:24 — Geneva Bible

Judges 5:24 in Context — Judges 5

22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

26 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.

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What Does Judges 5:24 Mean?

Judges 5:24 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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