Psalms 83:9

Psalms 83:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
• New International Version (NIV)Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,

Context of Psalms 83:9

7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah. Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon: 10Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground. 11Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.

Psalms 83:9 word by word

עֲשֵֽׂה־לָהֶ֥ם כְּמִדְיָ֑ן כְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥א כְ֝יָבִ֗ין בְּנַ֣חַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 83:9

• Numbers 31:7And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
• Judges 7:22And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the camp. And the host fled to Beth-shittah towards Zererah, to the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
• Isaiah 9:4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
• Isaiah 10:26And Jehovah of hosts will stir up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod [shall be] upon the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
• Judges 4:15And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera got down from [his] chariot, and fled on foot.
• Judges 5:21The torrent of Kishon swept them away, That ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. My soul, thou hast trodden down strength!

Commentaries on Psalms 83:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Do unto them as unto the Midianites - Who were utterly defeated by Gideon, Judges 7:21, Judges 7:22. As to Sisera - Captain of the army of Jabin, king of Canaan, who was totally defeated by Deborah and Barak, near Mount Tabor, by the river Kishon; and himself, after having fled from the battle, slain by Jael, the wife of Heber, the Kenite. See Judges 4:15, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Do unto them as unto the Midianites - That is, Let them be overthrown and destroyed as the Midianites were. The reference here is to the complete overthrow of the Midianites, as related in Judges 4:4, Judges 4:6, Judges 4:14-15, and was slain by Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, Judges 4:17-21. As to Jabin - The king of Canaan, in whose service Sisera was. At the brook of Kison - Judges 4:13. This is a stream which rises near Mount Tabor, and empties…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be made to fear thy name, and perhaps that will bring them to seek thy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The Midianites, led by Oreb and Zeeb and ruled by Zebah and Zalmunna, were Israel's enemies during Gideon's time (Judges 7:1–8:5). Barak's alliance defeated Sisera and Jabin (Judges 4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-119-11. Compare the similar fate of these (2Ch 20:23) with that of the foes mentioned in Jud 7:22, here referred to. They destroyed one another (Jud 4:6-24; 7:25). Human remains form manure (compare 2Ki 9:37; Jr 9:22).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 83:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Armies
• Jabin
• Kishon
• Sisera

In the dictionaries

• Alone
• Asaph
• Endor
• Jabin
• Oreb
• Psalms
• Seek
• God
• Judges, Period of
• Korahites; Sons of Korah

Commentaries on Psalms 83

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings