Judges 5:24
Blessed among women be Jahel the wife of Haber the Cinite, and blessed be she in her tent.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Benedicta inter mulieres Jahel uxor Haber Cinæi, et benedicatur in tabernaculo suo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εὐλογηθείη ἐν γυναιξὶν Ἰαήλ, γυνὴ Χάβερ τοῦ Κειναίου· ἀπὸ γυναικῶν ἐν σκηναῖς εὐλογηθείη.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- תְּבֹרַךְ֙ מִנָּשִׁ֔ים יָעֵ֕ל אֵ֖שֶׁת חֶ֣בֶר הַקֵּינִ֑י מִנָּשִׁ֥ים בָּאֹ֖הֶל תְּבֹרָֽךְ
Haydock's commentary
Among. Hebrew, "above." After cursing those who befriended the enemy, Debbora pronounces a blessing upon Jahel. (Haydock)
The blessed Virgin is surely still more entitled to praise. (Worthington)
Tent. It was esteemed a mark of virtue for a woman to keep at home. (Drusius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.