^4:1The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight¹ after Ehud’s death. ^4:2The Lord turned them over to² King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor.³ The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.⁴^4:3The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera⁵ had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,⁶ and he cruelly⁷ oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

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Footnotes

1 Heb “did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”
2 Heb “the Lord sold them into the hands of.”
3 Or “King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite ruler.” For location see ; ; ; .
4 Or “Harosheth of the Pagan Nations”; cf. “Harosheth of the Gentiles.”
5 Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” 45 (1989): 15–23.
7 Heb “with strength.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud had died. So the Lord sold them to King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera who lived in Harosheth of the Nations. Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, because Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he harshly oppressed them twenty years.

NLTNew Living Translation

After Ehud’s death, the Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. So the Lord turned them over to King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite king. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-haggoyim. Sisera, who had 900 iron chariots, ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Ehud died. So Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, and he was living in Harosheth Haggoyim. And the Israelites cried to Yahweh, as he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the Israelites cruelly for twenty years.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

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