Judges 5:27
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Perhaps at her first approach to him, and attempt to drive the nail, or at the blow she gave, he rose up, but she had done the business so effectually at the first stroke, that he dropped at once, and…
Deborah here concludes this triumphant song,
I. With the praises of Jael, her sister-heroine, whose valiant act had completed and crowned the victory. She had mentioned her before (Jdg 5:6) as one…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The effect of the blow, vividly depicted in short, abrupt words; from a standing position his body collapsed; lit. -he dropped on his knees, fell headlong, and lay a broken wreck upon the ground." For…