God’s Word Translation
Psalms 83:9
9Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
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, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia, along with those who live in Tyre. 8Even Assyria has joined them. They helped the descendants of Lot. Selah Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. 10They were destroyed at Endor. They became manure to fertilize the ground. 11Treat their influential people as you treated Oreb and Zeeb. Treat all their leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna.
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עֲשֵֽׂה־לָהֶ֥ם כְּמִדְיָ֑ן כְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥א כְ֝יָבִ֗ין בְּנַ֣חַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 83:9
- Numbers 31:7They went to war against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and killed every man.
- Judges 7:22The 300 men kept on blowing their rams’ horns, and the Lord caused the whole camp of Midian to fight among themselves. They fled as far as Beth Shittah, toward Zererah, and as far as the bank of the stream at Abel Meholah near Tabbath.
- Isaiah 9:4You will break the yoke that burdens them, the bar that is across their shoulders, and the stick used by their oppressor, as ⌞you did in the battle against⌟ Midian.
- Isaiah 10:26Then the Lord of Armies will raise his whip against them. As he struck down Midian at the Rock of Oreb and raised his staff over the water, so he will lift it as he did in Egypt.
- Judges 4:15The Lord threw Sisera, all his chariots, and his whole army into a panic in front of Barak’s deadly assault. Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.
- Judges 5:21The Kishon River swept them away— that old river, the Kishon. I must march on with 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
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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
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