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 Living Translation (NLT)So on that day Israel saw God defeat Jabin, the Canaanite king.

Context of Judges 4:23

21Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. 22And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, I will show you the man whom you seek.” And when he went into her tent, there lay Sisera, dead with the peg in his temple. So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel. 24And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

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

People and places in Judges 4:23

• Israel
• Jabin
• Canaan

Cross-references for Judges 4:23

• 1 Chronicles 22:18“Is not the Lord your God with you? And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and before His people.
• Nehemiah 9:24So the people went in And possessed the land; You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, The Canaanites, And gave them into their hands, With their kings And the people of the land, That they might do with them as they wished.
• Psalms 18:39For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
• Psalms 47:3He will subdue the peoples under us, And the nations under our feet.
• Psalms 81:14I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn My hand against their adversaries.
• 1 Corinthians 15:28Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
• Hebrews 11:33who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped 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