Judges 5:24
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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 (AKJV)
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Blessings be on Jael, more than on all women! Blessings greater than on any in the tents!
Webster's Revision
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Definitions for Judges 5:24
Clarke's Judges 5:24 Bible Commentary
Blessed above women shall Jael - be - She shall be highly celebrated as a most heroic woman; all the Israelitish women shall glory in her. I do not understand these words as expressive of the Divine approbation towards Jael. See the observations at the end of Judges 4:24 (note). The word bless, both in Hebrew and Greek, often signifies to praise, to speak well of, to celebrate. This is most probably its sense here.
Barnes's Judges 5:24 Bible Commentary
The blessing here pronounced is in strong contrast with the curse of Meroz. Deborah speaks of Jael's deed by the light of her own age, which did not make manifest the evil of guile and bloodshed; the light in ours does.
Wesley's Judges 5:24 Bible Commentary
5:24 Blessed - Celebrated, and endowed with all sorts of blessings more than they. In the tent - In her tent or habitation, in her house and family, and all her affairs: for she and hers dwelt in tents. The tent is here mentioned as an allusion to the place where the fact was done.