20And he said to her, |Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, 'Is any one here?' say, No.|


In Context

17 But Sis'era fled away on foot to the tent of Ja'el, the wife of Heber the Ken'ite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Ken'ite.

18 And Ja'el came out to meet Sis'era, and said to him, |Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; have no fear.| So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

19 And he said to her, |Pray, give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.| So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him.

20 And he said to her, |Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, 'Is any one here?' say, No.|

21 But Ja'el the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, till it went down into the ground, as he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died.

22 And behold, as Barak pursued Sis'era, Ja'el went out to meet him, and said to him, |Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.| So he went in to her tent; and there lay Sis'era dead, with the tent peg in his temple.

Judges 4:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:20"Stand in the doorway of the tent," he told her. "If someone comes by and asks you, 'Is anyone here?' say 'No.' "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And Sisara said to her: Stand before the door of the tent, and when any shall come and inquire of thee, saying: Is there any man here? thou shalt say: There is none.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20Again he said to 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20He said to her, |Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man comes and inquires of you, and says, 'Is there any man here?' that you shall say, 'No.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20And he saith unto her, 'Stand at the opening of the tent, and it hath been, if any doth come in, and hath asked thee, and said, Is there a man here? that thou hast said, There is not.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20Again he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man does come and inquire of you, and say, Is there any man here? that you shall say, No.