Judges 4:21

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So Jahel, Haber's wife, took a nail of the tent, and taking also a hammer, and going in softly, and with silence, she put the nail upon the temples of his head, and striking it with the hammer, drove it through his brain fast into the ground. And so passing from deep sleep to death, he fainted away and died.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:27

But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise; and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong.

Psalm 3:7

I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.

Judges 3:21

And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject.

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said to David: Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

Judges 15:15

And finding a jawbone, even the jawbone of an ass which lay there, catching it up, be slew therewith a thousand men.

Judges 3:31

After him was Samgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with a ploughshare. And he also defended Israel.

Judges 4:9

She said to him: I will go indeed with thee, but at this time the victory shall not be attributed to thee, because Sisara shall be delivered into the hand of a woman. Debbora therefore arose, and went with Barac to Cedes.

Judges 4:20

And Sisara said to her: Stand before the door of the tent, and when any shall come and inquire of thee, saying: Is there any man here? Thou shalt say: There is none.

Judges 4:22

And behold Barac came pursuing after Sisara. And Jahel went out to meet him, and said to him: Come, and I will shew thee, the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, he saw Sisara lying dead, and the nail fastened in his temples.