Judges 5:31

So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
enemies	אוֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ 'oy.Vei.kha	H341	hating · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
perish	יֹאבְד֤וּ yoe.Du	H6	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
love	וְאֹ֣הֲבָ֔יו ve.'O.ha.Vav	H157	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
sun	הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ ha.She.mesh	H8121	the sun · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
forth	כְּצֵ֥את ke.Tzet	H3318	to go (causatively · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
might	בִּגְבֻרָת֑וֹ big.vu.ra.To	H1369	force (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
land	הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
rest	וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט va.tish.Kot	H8252	to repose (usually figurative) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֥ים 'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָֽה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
2 Samuel 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the ea…
Psalms 19:4-5 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psalms 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
1 Corinthians 8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them…
1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Psalms 83:9-18 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 5:24–end

Deborah here concludes this triumphant song, I. With the praises of Jael, her sister-heroine, whose valiant act had completed and crowned the victory. She had mentioned her before (Jdg 5:6) as one that would have served her country if it had been in her power; now she applauds her as one that did serve it admirably well when it was in her power. Her poetry is finest and most florid here in the latter end of the song. How honourably does she speak of Jael (Jdg 5:24), who preferred her peace with the God of Israel before her peace with the king of Canaan, and though not a native of Israel (for aught that appears) yet heartily espoused the cause of Israel in this critical conjuncture, jeoparded…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 5:30

to every man a damsel or two--Young maidens formed always a valued part of Oriental conquerors' war-spoils. But Sisera's mother wished other booty for him; namely, the gold-threaded, richly embroidered, and scarlet-colored cloaks which were held in such high esteem. The ode concludes with a wish in keeping with the pious and patriotic character of the prophetess. Next: Judges Chapter 6

John Gill on Judges 5:31

So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord!.... As Sisera and his army did, and be disappointed as his mother and her ladies were; which is not only a wish or prayer that it might be, but a prophecy that so it would be: but let them that love him; that love the Lord superlatively and sincerely, with all their heart and soul, and from love serve and fear him: be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might; in the middle of the day, when its heat and light are the greatest, and in the summer solstice, in the month of June, when the sun is in Cancer, as Ben Gersom and Abarbinel observe, and it is hottest: the sense is, let the true friends of God be as bright and as glorious, and increase in lig…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 5:31–end

Dictionary and topics

Barak — Lightning, the son of Abinoam (Judg. 4:6). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin. She accompanied him into the battle, and gave the signal for the little army to make the attack; in…
Deborah — A bee. (1.) Rebekah’s nurse. She accompanied her mistress when she left her father’s house in Padan-aram to become the wife of Isaac (Gen. 24:59). Many years afterwards she died at Bethel, and was…
Jabin — Discerner; the wise. (1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Josh. 11:1-14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had entered into a…
Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Songs — Of Moses (Ex. 15; Num. 21:17; Deut. 32; Rev. 15:3), Deborah (Judg. 5), Hannah (1 Sam. 2), David (2 Sam. 22, and Psalms), Mary (Luke 1:46-55), Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79), the angels (Luke 2:13), Simeon…
Women — The position of women in the Hebrew commonwealth contrasts favorably with that which in the present day is assigned to them generally in eastern countries. The most salient point of contrast in the…
Country · LOVE OF — LOVE OF
Forty · .Peace in Israel — .Peace in Israel
Intercession · EXEMPLIFIED — EXEMPLIFIED
Patriotism · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Righteous · .The sun — .The sun
Saints, Compared To

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 5:24–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 5:30

John Gill on Judges 5:31

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 5:31–end

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 5:24–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 5:30

John Gill on Judges 5:31

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 5:31–end

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Judges 5:31