Judges Chapter 4 verse 18 Holy Bible
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
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And Jael went out to Sisera, and said to him, Come in, my lord, come in to me without fear. So he went into her tent, and she put a cover over him.
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And Ja'el came out to meet Sis'era, and said to him, "Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; have no fear." So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
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And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
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And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in to her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
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Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don't be afraid. He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
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and Jael goeth out to meet Sisera, and saith unto him, `Turn aside, my lord, turn aside unto me, fear not;' and he turneth aside unto her, into the tent, and she covereth him with a coverlet.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - With a mantle. Rather, "with the coverlet," such as was always at hand in the nomad tent.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Jael went out to meet Sisera.--This makes it probable that her design was already formed, unless we suppose that Jael as a chieftainess was placed above the ordinary rules which regulate the conduct of Oriental women. As nothing is said of Heber, he may have been absent, or he may have kept out of the way in order to further his wife's designs.Turn in to me.--Without that special invitation Sisera would not have ventured to violate every law of Oriental propriety by entering the privileged sanctuary of the harem.Fear not.--Treachery is far too common among Bedouin tribes to render the exhortation needless.She covered him with a mantle.--Rather, with the tent-rug. Evidently, the moment he was satisfied that her intentions were honest the weary and unfortunate fugitive flung himself down on the ground, or on a divan, to sleep. The word used for "mantle"--semicah (Vulg., "pallio"; Luther, "mit einan Mantel")--occurs nowhere else; from its root it probably means "a coverlet" (LXX., epibolaion, for which the Alexandrine Codex reads derrhis, "a skin"). A large "tent-rug" of goat's hair is usually a part of the furniture of an Arab tent.
