Judges 4:20

He said to her, “Stand in the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’”

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WEBBE

He said to her, “Stand in the door of the tent, and if any man comes and enquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’”

BSB

“Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”

KJV

Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

ASV

And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

BBE

And he said to her, Take your place at the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and says to you, Is there any man here, say, No.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֵלֶיהָ 'e·lei·ha to her H413 עֲמֹד 'a·mod stand H5975 פֶּתַח pe·tach [the] opening of H6607 הָאֹהֶל ha·'o·hel the tent H168 וְהָיָה ve·ha·yah and it will be H1961 אִם־ 'im- if H518 אִישׁ 'ish anyone H376 יָבוֹא ya·vo' he will come H935 וּשְׁאֵלֵךְ u·she·'e·lekh and he will ask you H7592 וְאָמַר ve·'a·mar and he will say H559 הֲיֵשׁ־ ha·yesh- ¿ [is] there H3426 פֹּה poh here H6311 אִישׁ 'ish anyone H376 וְאָמַרְתְּ ve·'a·mart and you will say H559 אָיִן 'a·yin no H369

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 17–24

Sisera's chariots had been his pride and his confidence. Thus are those disappointed who rest on the creature; like a broken reed, it not only breaks under them, but pierces them with many sorrows. The idol may quickly become a burden, Is 46:1; what we were sick for, God can make us sick of. It is probable that Jael really intended kindness to Sisera; but by a Divine impulse she was afterwards led to consider him as the determined enemy of the Lord and of his people, and to destroy him. All our connexions with God's enemies must be broken off, if we would have the Lord for our God, and his people for our people. He that had thought to have destroyed Israel with his many iron chariots, is himself destroyed with one iron nail. Thus the weak things of the world confound the mighty. The Israelites would have prevented much mischief, if they had sooner destroyed the Canaanites, as God commanded and enabled them: but better be wise late, and buy wisdom by experience, than never be wise.

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