New Living Translation
Psalms 83:9
9Do to them as you did to the Midianites and as you did 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
7Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites; and people from Philistia and Tyre. 8Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude Do to them as you did to the Midianites and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. 10They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil. 11Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die 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 attacked Midian as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they killed all the men.
- Judges 7:22When the 300 Israelites blew their rams’ horns, the Lord caused the warriors in the camp to fight against each other with their swords. Those who were not killed fled to places as far away as Beth-shittah near Zererah and to the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
- Isaiah 9:4For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. You will break the oppressor’s rod, just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.
- Isaiah 10:26The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will lash them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb, or when the Lord’s staff was raised to drown the Egyptian army in the sea.
- Judges 4:15When Barak attacked, the Lord threw Sisera and all his chariots and warriors into a panic. Sisera leaped down from his chariot and escaped on foot.
- Judges 5:21The Kishon River swept them away— that ancient torrent, the Kishon. March on with courage, my soul!
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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