New American Standard Bible 1995
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; 8Assyria also has joined with them; They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah. Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon, 10Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became as dung for the ground. 11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
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עֲשֵֽׂה־לָהֶ֥ם כְּמִדְיָ֑ן כְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥א כְ֝יָבִ֗ין בְּנַ֣חַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 83:9
- Numbers 31:7So they made war against Midian, just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
- Judges 7:22When they blew 300 trumpets, the Lord set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
- Isaiah 9:4For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian.
- Isaiah 10:26The Lord of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.
- Judges 4:15The Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.
- Judges 5:21The torrent of Kishon swept them away, The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul, 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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