Judges 5:26

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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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  • Judg 4:21 : 21 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.
  • 1 Sam 17:49-51 : 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
  • 2 Sam 20:22 : 22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

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  • Judg 4:13-24
    12 verses
    81%

    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 of Kishon.

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

    15And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off 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 upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

    17Howbeit 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.

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

    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.

    20Again 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 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.

    22And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail 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 prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

  • Judg 5:27-30
    4 verses
    79%

    27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

    28The 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?

    29Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

    30Have 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?

  • Judg 5:24-25
    2 verses
    76%

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

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

  • Judg 4:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount 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 the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward 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 thine hand.

  • Prov 31:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

    20She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

  • Judg 9:53-54
    2 verses
    69%

    53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

    54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

  • Prov 31:17
    68%

    17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

  • Deut 25:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to liver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

    12Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

  • Ps 83:9
    68%

    9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

  • Judg 4:2
    68%

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

  • 2 Sam 14:6
    67%

    6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

  • Prov 7:26
    67%

    26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

  • Ezek 23:10
    67%

    10These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

  • 1 Sam 17:49
    67%

    49And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

  • Ezek 32:20
    67%

    20They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.

  • Mic 5:1
    66%

    1Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

  • Judg 16:19
    66%

    19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

  • Prov 31:13
    66%

    13She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

  • Exod 15:6
    66%

    6Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

  • Judg 4:9
    66%

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

  • Judg 3:21
    66%

    21And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

  • Judg 15:15
    66%

    15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

  • Judg 16:14
    66%

    14And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

  • Judg 5:20-21
    2 verses
    66%

    20They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

    21The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

  • Exod 4:25
    66%

    25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

  • Judg 16:16
    65%

    16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

  • 2 Sam 1:10
    65%

    10So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.