Judges 5:28 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 5:28

Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

BSB

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ASV

Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

KJV

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Cried through the lattice - This is very natural: in the women’s apartments in the East the windows are latticed, to prevent them from sending or receiving letters, etc. The latticing is the effect of the jealousy which universally prevails in those countries. Why is his chariot so long in coming? - Literally, Why is his chariot ashamed to come?

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In these verses a sudden transition is made to the mother of the Canaanite general, and a striking picture is drawn of a mind agitated between hope and fear--impatient of delay, yet anticipating the news of victory and the rewards of rich booty. the lattice--a lattice window, common to the houses in warm countries for the circulation of air.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּעַד֩	be.'Ad	through	H1157 →
הַחַלּ֨וֹן	ha.cha.Lon	the window	H2474 →
נִשְׁקְפָ֧ה	nish.ke.Fah	she looked down	H8259 →
וַתְּיַבֵּ֛ב	va.te.ya.Bev	and she lamented	H2980 →
אֵ֥ם	'em	[the] mother of	H517 →
סִֽיסְרָ֖א	sis.Ra'	Sisera	H5516 →
בְּעַ֣ד	be.'Ad	through	H1157 →
הָֽאֶשְׁנָ֑ב	ha.'esh.Nav	the widow-lattice	H822 →
מַדּ֗וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	why?	H4069 →
בֹּשֵׁ֤שׁ	bo.Shesh	has it delayed	H954 →
רִכְבּוֹ֙	rikh.Bo	chariot his	H7393 →
לָב֔וֹא	la.Vo'	to come	H935 →
מַדּ֣וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	why?	H4069 →
אֶֽחֱר֔וּ	'e.che.Ru	have they delayed	H309 →
פַּעֲמֵ֖י	pa.'a.Mei	[the] hoof-beats of	H6471 →
מַרְכְּבוֹתָֽיו׃	mar.ke.vo.Tav	chariots his	H4818 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 5:7
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:1–3
  Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
- James 5:8–9
  You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- Joel 2:23
  Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as…
- Galatians 6:9
  Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- Deuteronomy 11:14
  then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
Through
2 Kings 1:2
Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will…
leads to
- 2 Kings 1:16
  And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to…
- Mark 3:22
  And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
- 2 Kings 8:7–10
  Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About Judges

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Judges