Judges 4:23
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
Judges 4:23 in other translations
| BSB | On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites. |
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| WEB | So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day. |
| ASV | So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. |
| YLT | And God humbleth on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel, |
| DARBY | So God subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the children of Israel. |
| BBE | So that day God overcame Jabin, king of Canaan, before the children of Israel. |
| Webster | So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. |
What does Judges 4:23 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 4:17-24
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…
Judges 4:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 4:23
- Psalms 18:47
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
- Nehemiah 9:24
So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
- Psalms 18:39
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
- 1 Chronicles 22:18
Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.
- 1 Corinthians 15:28
And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
- Hebrews 11:33
Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
- Psalms 47:3
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
- Psalms 81:14
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
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Context
- Judges 4:22
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
- Judges 4:23
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
- Judges 4:24
And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Judges 4:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así abatió Dios aquel día á Jabín, rey de Canaán, delante de los hijos de Israel. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et en ce jour-là, Dieu abattit Jabin, roi de Canaan, devant les fils d’Israël. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | So beugte Gott an selbigem Tage Jabin, den König von Kanaan, vor den Kindern Israel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Humiliavit ergo Deus in die illo Jabin regem Chanaan coram filiis Israël: |