Judges 5:25-26

5:25 He asked for water,

and she gave him milk;

in a bowl fit for a king, ¹ 

she served him curds.

5:26 Her left ²  hand reached for the tent peg,

her right hand for the workmen’s hammer.

She “hammered” ³  Sisera,

she shattered his skull, ⁴ 

she smashed his head, ⁵ 

she drove the tent peg through his temple. ⁶ 

Genesis 24:43

24:43 Here I am, standing by the spring. ⁷  When ⁸  the young woman goes out to draw water, I’ll say, “Give me a little water to drink from your jug.”

Genesis 24:1

The Wife for Isaac

24:1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, ⁹  and the Lord had blessed him ¹⁰  in everything.

Genesis 17:10

17:10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: ¹¹  Every male among you must be circumcised. ¹² 

Isaiah 41:17

41:17 The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched from thirst.

I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; ¹³ 

I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

John 4:7

4:7 A Samaritan woman ¹⁴  came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water ¹⁵  to drink.”

[5:25]  ¹ tn Or “for mighty ones.”

[5:26]  ² tn The adjective “left” is interpretive, based on the context. Note that the next line pictures Jael holding the hammer with her right hand.

[5:26]  ³ tn The verb used here is from the same root as the noun “hammer” in the preceding line.

[5:26]  ⁴ tn Or “head.”

[5:26]  ⁵ tn The phrase “his head” (an implied direct object) is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “she pierced his temple.”

[24:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “the spring of water.”

[24:43]  ⁸ tn Heb “and it will be.”

[24:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “days.”

[24:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Abraham.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.

[17:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “This is my covenant that you must keep between me and you and your descendants after you.”

[17:10]  ¹² sn For a discussion of male circumcision as the sign of the covenant in this passage see M. V. Fox, “The Sign of the Covenant: Circumcision in the Light of the Priestly ‘ot Etiologies,” RB 81 (1974): 557-96.

[41:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “will answer them” (so ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[4:7]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “a woman from Samaria.” According to BDAG 912 s.v. Σαμάρεια, the prepositional phrase is to be translated as a simple attributive: “γυνὴ ἐκ τῆς Σαμαρείας a Samaritan woman J 4:7.”

[4:7]  ¹⁵ tn The phrase “some water” is supplied as the understood direct object of the infinitive πεῖν (pein).