Judges 4:23

Judges 4:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel.

Context of Judges 4:23

21But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died. 22When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple. On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites. 24And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

Judges 4:23 word by word

וַיַּכְנַ֤ע אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא אֵ֖ת יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־כְּנָ֑עַן לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• On thatהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• subduedכָּנַעkâna‛ · be humbleH3665
• Jabinיָבִיןyâbîyn · JabinH2985
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Israelitesבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• the Israelitesיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Judges 4:23

• 1 Chronicles 22:18“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
• Nehemiah 9:24So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
• Psalms 18:39You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
• Psalms 47:3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
• Psalms 81:14how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
• 1 Corinthians 15:28And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.
• Hebrews 11:33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

Commentaries on Judges 4:23

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 Sisera's chariots had been his pride and his confidence. Thus are those disappointed who rest on the creature; like a broken reed, it not only breaks under them, but pierces them with many sorrows. The idol may quickly become a burden, Is 46:1; what we were sick for, God can make us sick of. It is probable that Jael really intended kindness to Sisera; but by a Divine impulse she was afterwards led to consider him as the determined enemy of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23God defeated Jabin by guiding people and events.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 4:23

• Canaanites
• Jabin
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Canaan
• God
• Israel
• Children of Israel
• That Day
• Asleep
• Harosheth of the Gentiles
• Prophetess
• Thirsty
• Abdon (1)

Commentaries on Judges 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings