Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
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Gill's Exposition
Have they not sped?.... Or "found" (u) the enemy, Barak and his army, or the spoil of them? no doubt they have:
have they not divided the prey? doubtless they have, which being large, and the…
Barnes' Notes
Render the latter part of the verse “a booty of dyed garments for Sisera, a booty of dyed garments and of party-colored cloth, a dyed garment and two party-colored clothes for the necks of the booty,”…
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…
Cambridge Bible
The verse has suffered from corrupt repetitions: spoilfour times, divers coloursthree times. Omitting the superfluous words we may restore the text as follows:
Are they not finding, dividing the…
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