22And 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.


In Context

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.

23 So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel.

24 And the hand of the people of Israel bore harder and harder on Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

Judges 4:22 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:22Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. "Come," she said, "I will show you the man you're looking for." So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple-dead.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:22And, 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:22And behold Barac came pursuing after Sisara: and Jahel went out to meet him, and said to him: Come, and I will shew thee, the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, be saw Sisara lying dead, and the nail fastened in his temples.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:22And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:22And, 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 he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, |Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.| He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22And lo, Barak is pursuing Sisera, and Jael cometh out to meet him, and saith to him, 'Come, and I shew thee the man whom thou art seeking;' and he cometh in unto her, and lo, Sisera is fallen — dead, and the pin in his temples.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:22And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.