Judges 5:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. ”

Judges 5:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Blessing of Jael. Jael's deed is unhesitatingly and emphatically approved. While the oppressor of Israel stood in her tent, drinking the milk she gave him, she suddenly felled him to the earth...
Judges 5:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

At her feet. Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton. App-6. he bowed, he fell. Figure of speech Epibole. dead . destroyed.
Judges 5:27 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 264 JAEL AND SISERA Judges 5:24-27 . Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. He asked water, and she gave him mil...
Judges 5:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. At her feet he bowed - בין רגליה bein ragleyha, "between her feet." After having st...
Judges 5:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples....
Judges 5:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deborah's Triumph Song This song celebrates the victory of Judges 4 but from the point of view, not of a later annalist, but of a contemporary poet—very possibly (though see Judges 5:12 ) the p...
Judges 5:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

At her feet. — Literally, between her feet, as though the dauntless woman had stridden over him as he lay in the dead sleep of weariness. He bowed. — The word means that he suddenly curled up...
Judges 5:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DEBORAH'S SONG: A DIVINE VISION Judges 5:1-31 THE song of Deborah and Barak is twofold, the first portion, ending with the eleventh verse, a chant of rising hope and pious encouragement during...
Judges 5:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

at the Mercy of Midian Judges 5:24-31 ; Judges 6:1-6 What a contrast our reading suggests between those that love the Lord and go from strength to strength in the undimming luster and influenc...
Judges 5:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have preserved for us the great song of Deborah, composed and sung in celebration of the victory. It is full of fire and passion and is a remarkable index to the character of the woman hersel...
Judges 5:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a very high commendation hath the Holy Ghost been pleased to bestow on Jael? There is but one beside of whom the same is said, and the occasion is yet concerning a much greater deliverance, see...
Judges 5:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ver. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down ,.... Perhaps at her first approach to him, and attempt to drive the nail, or at the blow she gave, he rose up, but she had done the business so ef...
Judges 5:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Ver. 27. At her feet he bowed, he fell. ] He was soon despatched, and could neve...
Judges 5:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 qui...
Judges 5:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARAK (vv.1-31) To celebrate God's great victory over Canaan, Deborah and Barak sang a remarkable song. Since Deborah's name is mentioned first, it seems likely that she...
Judges 5:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a...
Judges 5:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Here is a lively representation of the thing done. At the first blow or wound he was awakened, and made some attempt to rise; but being astonished and very weak, she also following her first blow wit...
Judges 5:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Cursed and the Blessed ( Judges 5:23-27 ). Judges 5:23 “Curse you Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh, Curse you bitterly (literally ‘curse cursing') its inhabitants, Because they came no...
Judges 5:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 5— Judges 5:23-31 THE MISERABLE END OF THE WICKED CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 5:23 . Curse ye Meroz, etc.] (See above p. 285.) No fellow creature may presume to pronounce a curse on anoth...
Judges 5:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:4 . When thou wentest out of Seir. God came from Teman, in Seir; he covered the heavens with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise. Zechariah 3:3 . In like manner he now arose...
Judges 5:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Blessed above women shall Jael . .. be. The blessing of Jael And whose lips are they which pronounce this blessing? Indeed, it is Deborah the prophetess who sings this song; it is Deborah, b...
Judges 5:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah , etc. The ode which follows was doubtless the composition of Deborah the prophetess, and was sung by her (as the gender of the Hebrew verb indicate...
Judges 5:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat and Death of Sisera
Judges 5:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 2:13 ; Matthew 7:2 ; Psalms 52:7

Judges 5:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 5:27 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Judges 5:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 5:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 5:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 5:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 5:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 5:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 5:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 5:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 5:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 5:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 5:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 5:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 5:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 5:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 5:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 5:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge