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Berean Standard Bible

“But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.”

Judges 4:21

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Israel's commander Barak has defeated Sisera's chariots, and Sisera flees on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. She welcomes him and covers him with a rug.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.

World English Bible (WEB)

Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.

King James Version (KJV)

Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Then Jael Heber`s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent-pin and a hammer and went up to him quietly, driving the pin into his head, and it went through his head into the earth, for he was in a deep sleep from weariness; and so he came to his end.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y Jael, mujer de Heber, tomó una estaca de la tienda, y poniendo un mazo en su mano, vino á él calladamente, y metióle la estaca por las sienes, y enclavólo en la tierra, pues él estaba cargado de sueño y cansado; y así murió.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Entonces Jael tomó una aguda estaca de tienda y un mazo, y acercándose silenciosamente a donde él dormía profundamente a causa del cansancio, le clavó la estaca en las sienes, le atravesó la cabeza y se la encajó en el suelo, y así murió.

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