Judges 5:24
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New International Version (©2011)
"Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. May she be blessed above all women who live in tents.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Most blessed of women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Most blessed is she of women in the tent.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Jael is most blessed of women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; she is most blessed among tent-dwelling women.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Blessed above all women is Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite; most blessed is she among women who live in tents!

NET Bible (©2006)
The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, should be the most blessed woman, the most blessed woman living in a tent.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

American King James Version
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

American Standard Version
Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed among women be Jahel the wife of Haber the Cinite, and blessed be she in her tent.

Darby Bible Translation
"Most blessed of women be Ja'el, the wife of Heber the Ken'ite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.

English Revised Version
Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

World English Bible
"Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Young's Literal Translation
Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

5:24-31 Jael had a special blessing. Those whose lot is cast in the tent, in a low and narrow sphere, if they serve God according to the powers he has given them, shall not lose their reward. The mother of Sisera looked for his return, not in the least fearing his success. Let us take heed of indulging eager desires towards any temporal good, particularly toward that which cherishes vain-glory, for that was what she here doted on. What a picture does she present of an ungodly and sensual heart! How shameful and childish these wishes of an aged mother and her attendants for her son! And thus does God often bring ruin on his enemies when they are most puffed up. Deborah concludes with a prayer to God for the destruction of all his foes, and for the comfort of all his friends. Such shall be the honour, and joy of all who love God in sincerity, they shall shine for ever as the sun in the firmament.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 24. - Blessed above women, etc. With the selfish indifference of the men of Meroz she contrasts the valorous enthusiasm of Jael the Kenite, and blesses her for it as emphatically as she curses the inhabitants of Meroz.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,.... Under the same influence that Meroz was cursed, Jael is blessed, the one for not helping Israel in a public way, the other for doing it in a private manner; this blessing is pronounced, either in a way of prayer that it might be, or in a way of prophecy that it should be, and indeed in both:

blessed shall she be above the women in the tent; above all women that dwell in tents: this being a proper description of a woman, whose character it is to abide in her tent, dwell at home, and mind the business of her family; and may have respect to the manly action she performed in her tent, equal, if not superior, to what was done in the field.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

24-27. is a most graphic picture of the treatment of Sisera in the tent of Jael.

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The Song of Deborah and Barak
…23Curse you Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse you bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. 24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. …

Judges 4:19 "I'm thirsty," he said. "Please give me some water." She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.
Judges 5:25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.