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

21When Sisera had fallen sound asleep from exhaustion, Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and walked quietly toward him with a hammer in her hand. She hammered the tent peg through his temples into the ground. So Sisera died. 22Barak was still pursuing Sisera. When Jael came out ⌞of her tent⌟, she met him. She said to him, “Come in! I have something to show you—the man you’ve been looking for.” So Barak went into her tent. He saw Sisera lying there dead with the tent peg through his temples. So on that day, God used the people of Israel to crush the power of King Jabin of Canaan. 24The Israelites became stronger and stronger 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⌞David said,⌟ “Isn’t the Lord your God with you? Hasn’t he given you peace with all your neighbors? He put the people who live in this country under my power, and the country has been conquered by the Lord and his people.
• Nehemiah 9:24Their children took possession of the land. You defeated for them the Canaanites, who lived in the land. You handed the Canaanite kings and their people over to them to do whatever they wanted with the Canaanites.
• Psalms 18:39You armed me with strength for battle. You made my opponents bow at my feet.
• Psalms 47:3He brings people under our authority and ⌞puts⌟ nations under our feet.
• Psalms 81:14I would quickly defeat their enemies. I would turn my power against their foes.
• 1 Corinthians 15:28But when God puts everything under Christ’s authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, since God had put everything under the Son’s authority. Then God will be in control of everything.
• Hebrews 11:33Through faith they conquered kingdoms, did what God approved, and received what God had promised. They 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