Judges 5:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Judges 5:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Judges 5:26 is a verse from the book of Judges in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smot..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Judges 5:26 — KJV
“She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. with...: Heb. she hammered”
— Judges 5:26 (KJV)
Judges 5:26 in Context — About the Book of Judges
Judges chronicles Israel's darkest cycle: sin, oppression, crying out, and rescue — repeated for generations. God raises unlikely deliverers like Gideon, Deborah, and Samson, proving He responds to honest cries for help even when His people keep failing. Grace shines against a dark backdrop.
Cross-References for Judges 5:26
“Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. and took: Heb. and put”
Shares key themes with Judges 5:26: put, hand, nail
“He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. such...: Heb. the work of burnt offering”
Shares key themes with Judges 5:26: put, hand, right
“And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.”
Shares key themes with Judges 5:26: put, hand, right
“And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. consecrate...: Heb. fill their hand”
Shares key themes with Judges 5:26: put, hand, off
“And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. put: Heb. bind consecrate: Heb. fill the hand of”
Shares key themes with Judges 5:26: put, hand, off
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