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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 5:30

Render the latter part of the verse “a booty of dyed garments for Sisera, a booty of dyed garments and of party-colored cloth, a dyed garment and two party-colored clothes for the necks of the booty,” the spoil or booty being either captive damsels, or captive cattle on whose necks these clothes are to be placed (either as ornament or as a burden; compare Judges 8:21, Judges 8:26). But possibly “the necks of the booty” may mean the backs or shoulders (of men or beasts) laden with booty. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 5:26

Judges 5:26. She smote off his head Or rather, smote through his head, for there is not the least hint given in the story that she cut off his head. The latter part of the verse, When she pierced, &c., may be rendered, She wounded and pierced through his temples. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 5:27

Judges 5:27. At her feet he bowed, &c. This verse is considered by many as a description of the struggles of Sisera after he was wounded; but perhaps it may only be a relation of his lying down to sleep quite spent with fatigue, from which he never rose again. For it is expressly said, (Judges 4:21,) that Jael smote the nail quite through his temples, so as to fasten him to the ground; from whence there is great reason to conclude that the blow was instantaneously fatal, and that he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 5:28-30

Judges 5:28-30. The mother of Sisera looked out at a window Expecting to see him returning; for she concluded that he went forth not so much to fight as to take the spoil. Have they not divided the spoil? That is, it is certain they have got the prey, only they tarry to distribute it, according to every man’s quality and merit. It is scarcely possible to conceive any thing more beautiful or expressive than these verses. No writer, either poet or orator, ever formed a finer image upon any... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 5:1-31

Deliverance under Deborah (4:1-5:31)Hazor, chief city of the north, had been conquered and burnt by Joshua (Joshua 11:10-13). However, not all the people had been destroyed. Having rebuilt Hazor, they now took revenge on the northern tribes, especially Zebulun and Naphtali, and ruled them cruelly for twenty years (4:1-3). (To understand fully how God saved Israel at this time, we must read the historical outline in Chapter 4 together with the song of victory in Chapter 5.)Israel’s deliverer on... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 5:27

At her feet. Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton. App-6 . he bowed, he fell. Figure of speech Epibole. dead = destroyed. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 5:28

The mother. A woman active on each side, with other women involved (Judges 5:30 ). a = the. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 5:30

Have . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. sped = found; i.e. the damsels they were fighting for: and while doing so they were defeated by a woman. To every man = to every head of a man; "head" put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), for the whole person. man. Hebrew. geber ( App-14 . IV) = a strong man. damsel. Hebrew womb. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part) for the whole person, to emphasize the motive underneath. This was the one object of Jabin's oppression.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 5:28

"Through the window she looked forth and cried,The mother of Sisera cried through the lattice,Why is his chariot so long in coming?Why tarriest the wheels of his chariots?Her wise ladies answered her,Yea, she returned answer to herself.Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil?A damsel, two damsels, for 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."This portion of Deborah's song... read more

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