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

21While he was sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife, Jael, took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She hammered the peg into his temple and drove it 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 looking for.” So he went in with her, and there was Sisera lying dead with a tent peg through his temple! That day God subdued King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites. 24The power of the Israelites continued to increase against King Jabin 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• subduedכָּנַעkâna‛ · be humbleH3665
• on that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• Jabinיָבִיןyâbîyn · JabinH2985
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Judges 4:23

• 1 Chronicles 22:18“The Lord your God is with you, isn’t he? And hasn’t he given you rest on every side? For he has handed the land’s inhabitants over to me, 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 the Canaanites who inhabited the land before them and handed their kings and the surrounding peoples over to them, to do as they pleased with them.
• Psalms 18:39You have clothed me with strength for battle; you subdue my adversaries beneath me.
• Psalms 47:3He subdues peoples under us and nations under our feet.
• Psalms 81:14I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:28When everything is subject to Christ, then the Son himself will also be subject to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.
• Hebrews 11:33who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, 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
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Canaan, Canaanite
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Children of Israel
• That Day

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