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Judges 4:21
English Standard Version
Judges 4:21
English Standard Version
21 But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died.
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Judges 4:21
New American Standard Bible
Judges 4:21
New American Standard Bible
21 But Jael, Heber’s wife, (A)took a tent peg and [a]a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died.
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- Judges 4:21 Lit put a hammer
Judges 4:21
New International Version
Judges 4:21
New International Version
21 But Jael,(A) Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep,(B) exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.(C)
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