New English Translation
Judges 4:23
23That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.
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
21Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other. She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground while he was asleep from exhaustion, and he died. 22Now Barak was chasing Sisera. Jael went out to welcome him. She said to him, “Come here and I will show you the man you are searching for.” He went with her into the tent, and there he saw Sisera sprawled out dead with the tent peg in his temple. That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites. 24Israel’s power continued to overwhelm King Jabin of Canaan until they did away with him.
Read all of Judges 4Judges 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 22:18He told them, “The Lord your God is with you! He has made you secure on every side, for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region and the region is subdued before the Lord and his people.
- Nehemiah 9:24Their descendants entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.
- Psalms 18:39You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me.
- Psalms 47:3He subdued nations beneath us and countries under our feet.
- Psalms 81:14Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:28And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.
- Hebrews 11:33Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, 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
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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
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