Judges 5:28 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?

Old Words

What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

Matthew Henry

  • Sisera's mother disappointedJael had a special blessing. Those whose lot is cast in the tent, in a low and narrow sphere, if they serve God according to the powers he has given them,...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Proverbs 7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Judges 4:15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
  • 2 Kings 1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
  • Proverbs 7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
  • Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
  • Song of Solomon 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

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Topics

  • Armies With songs
  • Barak A judge in Israel
  • Country Love of
  • Deborah The triumphant song of
  • Epic Deborah’s song

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • Sisera(Egypt. Ses-Ra, “servant of Ra”). (1.) The captain of Jabin’s army (Judg 4:2), which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the...

Strong’s Numbers

  • The mother אֵם ʼêm
  • of Sisera סִיסְרָא Çîyçᵉrâʼ
  • looked שָׁקַף shâqaph
  • out at a window חַלּוֹן challôwn
  • and cried יָבַב yâbab
  • through the lattice אֶשְׁנָב ʼeshnâb
  • Why is his chariot רֶכֶב rekeb
  • long בּוּשׁ bûwsh
  • in coming בּוֹא bôwʼ
  • why tarry אָחַר ʼâchar
  • the wheels פַּעַם paʻam
  • of his chariots מֶרְכָּבָה merkâbâh

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