士师记 5:24-30 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 5:24-31

Deborah here concludes this triumphant song, I. With the praises of Jael, her sister-heroine, whose valiant act had completed and crowned the victory. She had mentioned her before (Jdg. 5:6) as one that would have served her country if it had been in her power; now she applauds her as one that did serve it admirably well when it was in her power. Her poetry is finest and most florid here in the latter end of the song. How honourably does she speak of Jael (Jdg. 5:24), who preferred her peace... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:24

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be ,.... Under the same influence that Meroz was cursed, Jael is blessed, the one for not helping Israel in a public way, the other for doing it in a private manner; this blessing is pronounced, either in a way of prayer that it might be, or in a way of prophecy that it should be, and indeed in both: blessed shall she be above the women in the tent ; above all women that dwell in tents: this being a proper description of a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:25

He asked water, and she gave him milk ,.... That is, Sisera asked it of her, as the Targum expresses it, when he turned into her tent: she brought him fresh butter in a lordly dish ; which signifies either the same, the milk with cream on it, for that is meant by butter; or having first taken off the cream, she gave him milk to drink, and then brought the cream in a dish for him to eat, and thereby the more incline him to sleep; and this she brought in a dish fit for any lord or nobleman... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:26

She put her hand to the nail ,.... Her left hand, as the Septuagint, Arabic, and Vulgate Latin versions express it, and as appears by what follows; she having taken up a pin from her tent, with which it was fastened to the ground, she clapped it to the temples of Sisera: and her right hand to the workman's hammer ; in her right hand she took a hammer, such as carpenters, and such like workmen, make use of, and workman like went about her business she had devised, and was determined upon,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:27

Perhaps at her first approach to him, and attempt to drive the nail, or at the blow she gave, he rose up, but she had done the business so effectually at the first stroke, that he dropped at once, and laid down his head again: at her feet he bowed, he fell ; when she redoubled her blow: where he bowed, there he fell down dead; and struggled and stirred no more ; thus ingloriously did this general of a vast army die. This action is not otherwise to be justified, but by its being done... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:28

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window ,.... Which perhaps looked towards the high road, in which she expected Sisera to return in his chariot with his victorious army; and she was looking out for him, not through fear of any ill that had befallen him, or suspicion of misfortunte, but through impatience to see him in triumph return, wreathed with laurels: and cried through the lattice ; which is but another word for a window, which was not of glass, that being of a later invention,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:29

Her wise ladies answered her ,.... Every one in their turn endeavouring to comfort her and make her easy. The Vulgate Latin version is,"one that was wiser than the rest of his wives;'but they seem rather to be her maids of honour, or ladies of her acquaintance, who were come to pay her a visit, and share in the pleasing sight they expected to have of Sisera: yea, she returned answer to herself ; before they could well give theirs, she soon recollected herself what might be, and must be,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:30

Have they not sped ?.... Or "found" F21 הלא ימצאו "nonne invenient", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Vatablus the enemy, Barak and his army, or the spoil of them? no doubt they have: have they not divided the prey ? doubtless they have, which being large, and the captives many, has taken up much of their time to look over, and make an equal and proper division of, and that most certainly is the cause of the delay: to every man a damsel or two ? or "a womb or two F23... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 5:24

Blessed above women shall Jael - be - She shall be highly celebrated as a most heroic woman; all the Israelitish women shall glory in her. I do not understand these words as expressive of the Divine approbation towards Jael. See the observations at the end of Judges 4:24 ; (note). The word bless, both in Hebrew and Greek, often signifies to praise, to speak well of, to celebrate. This is most probably its sense here. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 5:25

She brought forth butter - As the word חמאה chemah , here translated butter, signifies disturbed, agitated, etc., it is probable that buttermilk is intended. The Arabs form their buttermilk by agitating the milk in a leathery bag, and the buttermilk is highly esteemed because of its refreshing and cooling quality; but there is no reason why we may not suppose that Jael gave him cream: Sisera was not only thirsty, but was also exhausted with fatigue; and nothing could be better... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 5:24-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 5:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 5:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 5:25

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