Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
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Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
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Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
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The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself:
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, she comforted herself.
That is, she comforted herself.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she…
Jdg 5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
Ver. 29. Her wise ladies.] The wicked’s hopes fail them when at highest, and prove to be "as the giving up of the ghost." {Job 11:20}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Her wise ladies answered her,.... Every one in their…
Her wise ladies answered her,.... Every one in their turn endeavouring to comfort her and make her easy. The Vulgate Latin version is,"one that was wiser than the rest of his wives;''but they seem rather to be her maids of honour, or ladies of her acquaintance, who were come to pay her a visit, and share in the pleasing sight they expected to have of Sisera:
yea, she returned answer to herself; before they could well give theirs, she soon recollected herself what might be, and must be, the occasion of this delay; and this, according to the Targum, she made in her wisdom, what her great wisdom quickly suggested to her was certainly the case, and with which she comforted and quieted herself.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Wives. This is not expressed in Hebrew, "his wise…
Wives. This is not expressed in Hebrew, "his wise ladies answered her," or joined in her lamentations. Then the mother comforted herself with the hope that they might possibly be employed in dividing the spoils. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "yea she answered herself, Have they not gained the victory? have they divided the prey? to every man a damsel, yea two? to Sisara a booty of divers colours," &c. (Haydock) --- Perhaps instead of damsel, literally, "a belly or two," which occurs no where else, the Hebrew should be, "to the general a most beautiful embroidery work." (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain her wise ladies--maids of honor.
her wise ladies--maids of honor.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. The wise ones — Here is another touch…
29. The wise ones — Here is another touch of irony. What wisdom was in their counsels and hopes!
She also — She also falls in with the fond hopes of her wise ladies, and keeps murmuring the answer to herself.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. The queen-mother is surrounded by her princesses in…
29. The queen-mother is surrounded by her princesses in the ḥarîm of the palace. The wisest of them will soon discover their folly! The mother ‘tries to silence her presentiment by the same kind of answer which her sage companions give her’ (Moore).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) Her wise ladies.—Literally, the wise of her princesses.…
(29) Her wise ladies.—Literally, the wise of her princesses. There is unconcealed scorn in this, showing that the wisest were most utterly mistaken. Their “wisdom” is the seductive flattery of delusive hopes.
Answered her.—The verb is in the singular, implying that one spoke after another. The Vulgate renders it. “One of his wives, wiser than the rest, answered.”
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Yea, she returned answer to herself.—The meaning of the clause is very uncertain. It may be, “yea, she repeats their answer to herself,” accepting their flattering surmises; or, on the contrary, “but she repeats her words to herself,” entirely unconsoled; or, again—but this is less likely—“yea, she retracted her own (anxious) words.” The anxious foreboding or the inextinguishable hope would be equally true to nature, according to the temperament of the Canaanite princess.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 wisest princesses
wisest princesses
A "princess" is the daughter of a king, but a "princess" can also mean female advisers to the king's family. AT: "wisest ladies"
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she gave herself the same answer
"she said to herself the same thing"
Have they not found and divided up the plunder?
The women use a question to emphasize that they believe this is what certainly happened. AT: "They must have so much plunder that it is taking a long time to divide it." (See: Rhetorical Question)
A womb, two wombs for every man ... of those who plunder?
The women use a question to emphasize that they believe this is what certainly happened. AT: "There must be a womb, two wombs for every man ... of those who plunder." (See: Rhetorical Question)
A womb, two wombs for every man
Here "womb" represents a woman. Sisera's mother believes Sisera's men have captured many women. AT: "Each soldier will receive a woman or two" (See: Synecdoche)
dyed fabric
"colored cloth" or "colored clothes"
embroidered
having designs made of colored threads
for the necks of those who plunder
Here "necks" represents Sisera's soldiers. AT: "for the soldiers who plunder to wear" (See: Synecdoche)
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