Richter 4:18

Schlachter Bibel

Jael aber ging heraus, dem Sisera entgegen, und sprach zu ihm: Kehre ein, mein Herr, kehre ein zu mir und fürchte dich nicht! Und er kehrte bei ihr ein ins Zelt, und sie deckte ihn mit einer Decke zu.

Parallel Translations

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Da ging Jael hinaus, dem Sisera entgegen; und sie sprach zu ihm: Kehre ein, mein Herr, kehre ein zu mir, f�rchte dich nicht! Und er kehrte ein zu ihr in das Zelt, und sie bedeckte ihn mit einer Decke.

Lutherbible (1912)
Jael aber ging heraus, Sisera entgegen, und sprach zu ihm: Weiche, mein Herr, weiche zu mir und fürchte dich nicht! Und er wich zu ihr in die Hütte, und sie deckte ihn zu mit einer Decke.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jael: 2 Kings 6:19

mantle: or, rug, or blanket

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:1 - turned Judges 5:6 - Jael

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jael went out to meet Sisera,.... Seeing him coming, and knowing him full well, she stepped forward towards him, to invite him into her tent: some think she was looking out, that if she saw Israelite in distress to take him in; and very probably had been some time at her tent door, to inquire the battle went, and which, no doubt, living so near Kedesh, she knew was expected:

and said unto him, turn in, my lord; that is, into her tent: and she addresses him with the title of "lord", for the sake of honour, having been general of a large army; and not because her husband was a servant, and in subjection to him, as Abarbinel suggests:

turn in to me, fear not; she repeats the invitation, to show she was hearty and sincere, and that he had nothing to fear from her, nor in her house; and it may be at first she had no thought of doing what she afterwards did to him, it put into her heart after this:

and when he had turned in unto her in the tent; and laid himself down upon the ground, being weary:

she covered him with a mantle; either to hide him, should any search be made for him, or it may be to keep him from catching cold, being in a sweat through his flight, and being also perhaps inclined to sleep through weariness. The word for a mantle, according to Kimchi, signifies such a garment which has locks of wool on both sides of it, a sort of rug, and so very fit to cover with, and keep warm. So David de Pomis m describes it, as having locks and threads hanging down here and there.

m Tzemaeh David, fol. 216. 3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 4:18. Jael went out to meet Sisera — He preferred the woman's tent because of secrecy; for, according to the etiquette of the eastern countries, no person ever intrudes into the apartments of the women. And in every dwelling the women have a separate apartment.