Judges 5:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?”
Judges 5:28 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 5:28 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 5:28 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’”
Judges 5:28 — World English Bible
Judges 5:28 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“ Through 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? ”
Judges 5:28 — American Standard Version
Judges 5:28 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Through the window she hath looked out--Yea, she crieth out--the mother of Sisera, Through the lattice: Wherefore is his chariot delaying to come? Wherefore tarried have the steps of his chariot?”
Judges 5:28 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 5:28 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Them other of Sisera looketh out at the window, And crieth through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the trampings of his chariots? ”
Judges 5:28 — Darby Translation
Judges 5:28 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The mother of Sisera looked out at a windowe, and cryed thorowe the lattesse, Why is his charet so long a comming? why tary the wheeles of his charets?”
Judges 5:28 — Geneva Bible
Judges 5:28 in Context — Judges 5
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.
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.
28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
What Does Judges 5:28 Mean?
Judges 5:28 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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