Judges 4:9 Cross References - Rotherham

⁹ And she said––I will, go, with thee; only, it shall not be, thine own honour, that shall arise from the journey which thou art about to take, for, into the hand of a woman, will Yahweh sell Sisera. So Deborah arose, and went with Barak, towards Kadesh.

¹⁴ Then kindled the anger of Yahweh upon Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of spoilers, who plundered them,––and he sold them into the hand of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

¹⁷ Now, Sisera, had fled on foot, unto the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin, king of Hazer, and the house of Heber the Kenite. ¹⁸ And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him: Turn aside, my lord, turn aside with me, do not fear. So he turned aside with her into the tent, and she threw over him a coverlet. ¹⁹ And he said unto her––Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water, for I am thirsty. So she opened the bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and spread over him the coverlet. ²⁰ And he said unto her, Stand at the entrance of the tent,––and it shall be, if any man come and ask thee and say––Is there here a man? that thou shalt say, There is not. ²¹ Then took Jael, wife of Heber, the tent–pin, and put the mallet in her hand, and went in unto him, softly, and smote the tent–pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground,––he being fast asleep and shrouded in darkness, and he died. ²² And lo! Barak––in pursuit of Sisera! So Jael went forth to meet him, and said unto him, Come and let me shew thee––the man whom thou art seeking. And he came in with her, and lo! Sisera––lying dead, with the tent–pin in his temples.

²⁴ Blessed above women, shall be Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite,––Above women in the tent, be blessed: ²⁵ Water, he asked, Milk, she gave,––In a bowl for nobles, presented cream: ²⁶ Her hand, to the tent–pin, put she forth, and, her right hand, to the toilers’ mallet,––Then smote she Sisera, She shattered his head, Yea she split open and pierced through his temples: ²⁷ Between her feet, he bowed––he fell, he lay,––Between her feet, he bowed––he fell, Where he bowed, There, he fell––destroyed!

⁵⁴ Then called he hastily unto the young man bearing his armour, and said unto him––Draw thy sword, and put me to death, lest they say of me, A woman, slew him! So his young man thrust him through, and he died.

³⁰ Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age–abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh)––Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.

²¹ Not so, is the matter! but, a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba son of Bichri, his name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David, give up him alone, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Lo! his head, shall be cast unto thee, through the wall. ²² So the woman came unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast it out unto Joab. And he blew with a horn, and they dispersed themselves from the city, every man to his home; but, Joab, returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

¹⁸ and they took their stand against Uzziah the king, and said unto him–It is not, for thee, O Uzziah, to burn incense unto Yahweh, but, for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are hallowed, to burn incense. Go forth out of the sanctuary, for thou hast acted unfaithfully, and, not to thee, for an honour, [shall it be] from Yahweh Elohim.