Judges 4:17

American Standard Version (1901)

Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

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  • Judg 5:6 : 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.
  • Judg 5:24 : 24 Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
  • Job 12:19-21 : 19 He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty. 20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
  • Job 18:7-9 : 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils. 9 A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him. 10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way. 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels. 12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
  • Job 40:11-12 : 11 Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 36 But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
  • Ps 69:22 : 22 Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
  • Ps 107:40 : 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
  • Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
  • Isa 57:21 : 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
  • Amos 5:19-20 : 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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  • Judg 4:18-24
    7 verses
    86%

    18And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

    19And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

    20And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

    21Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.

    22And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.

    23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

    24And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

  • Judg 5:24-28
    5 verses
    79%

    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?

  • Judg 4:2-16
    15 verses
    79%

    2And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

    3And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

    4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

    5And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

    6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded, [saying], Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

    7And I will draw unto thee, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thy hand.

    8And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go.

    9And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding, the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

    10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

    11Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.

    12And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

    13And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, unto the river Kishon.

    14And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into thy hand; is not Jehovah gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

    15And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

    16But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.

  • Judg 5:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.

    7The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

  • Judg 5:30
    71%

    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?

  • Judg 3:26
    69%

    26And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.

  • Josh 11:1
    68%

    1And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

  • Judg 11:3
    68%

    3Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

  • Judg 8:11
    67%

    11And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.

  • Judg 6:33
    67%

    33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

  • Judg 1:16
    67%

    16And the children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.

  • Judg 8:29
    67%

    29And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

  • Isa 21:15
    67%

    15For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

  • Ps 83:9
    67%

    9Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

  • Judg 5:1
    66%

    1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

  • Josh 2:16
    66%

    16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

  • Judg 7:1
    66%

    1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

  • Judg 9:21
    66%

    21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

  • Judg 5:20
    66%

    20From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera.