Judges Chapter 5 verse 29 Holy Bible
Her wise ladies answered her, Yea, she returned answer to herself,
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Her wise women gave answer to her, yes, she made answer again to herself,
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Her wisest ladies make answer, nay, she gives answer to herself,
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Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
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Her wise ladies answered her, yes, she returned answer to herself.
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Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
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The wise ones, her princesses, answer her, Yea, she returneth her sayings to herself:
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) Her wise ladies.--Literally, the wise of her princesses. There is unconcealed scorn in this, showing that the wisest were most utterly mistaken. Their "wisdom" is the seductive flattery of delusive hopes.Answered her.--The verb is in the singular, implying that one spoke after another. The Vulgate renders it. "One of his wives, wiser than the rest, answered."Yea, she returned answer to herself.--The meaning of the clause is very uncertain. It may be, "yea, she repeats their answer to herself," accepting their flattering surmises; or, on the contrary, "but she repeats her words to herself," entirely unconsoled; or, again--but this is less likely--"yea, she retracted her own (anxious) words." The anxious foreboding or the inextinguishable hope would be equally true to nature, according to the temperament of the Canaanite princess.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewHer wisestחַכְמ֥וֹת (ḥaḵ·mō·wṯ)Adjective - feminine plural constructStrong's 2450: Wiseladiesשָׂרוֹתֶ֖יהָ (śā·rō·w·ṯe·hā)Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singularStrong's 8282: A mistress, female nobleanswer;תַּעֲנֶ֑ינָּה (ta·‘ă·nen·nāh)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine pluralStrong's 6030: To answer, respondindeedאַף־ (’ap̄-)ConjunctionStrong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively thoughsheהִ֕יא (hî)Pronoun - third person feminine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, arekeepsתָּשִׁ֥יב (tā·šîḇ)Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, againtellingאֲמָרֶ֖יהָ (’ă·mā·re·hā)Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularStrong's 559: To utter, sayherself,לָֽהּ׃ (lāh)Preposition | third person feminine singularStrong's Hebrew Jump to PreviousHerself Indeed Keeps Ladies Ones Princesses Repeats Returneth Sayings Wise Wisest Women Words
