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.
Judges 5:31 in other translations
| BSB | So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years. |
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| WEB | “So let all your enemies perish, LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years. |
| ASV | So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. |
| YLT | So do all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah, And those loving Him are As the going out of the sun in its might!' and the land resteth forty years. |
| DARBY | So let all thine enemies perish, Jehovah! But let them that love him be as the rising of the sun in its might. And the land had rest forty years. |
| BBE | So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace. |
| Webster | So let all thy 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. |
What does Judges 5:31 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 5:24-31
Jael had a special blessing. Those whose lot is cast in the tent, in a low and narrow sphere, if they serve God according to the powers he has given them, shall not lose their reward. The mother of Sisera looked for his return, not in the least fearing his success. Let us take heed of indulging eager desires towards any temporal good, particularly toward that which cherishes vain-glory, for that was what she here…
Judges 5:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 5:31
- 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 earth by clear shining after rain.
- 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, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
- 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.
- 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 that love him.
- 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:
- 1 Corinthians 8:3
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
- Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
- Psalms 89:36
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
- Psalms 83:9-18
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: Which perished at En–dor: they became as dung for the earth. Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. …
- Psalms 97:10
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 48:4,5; 58:10,11; 68:1-3; 83:9-18; 92:9; 97:8; Re 6:10; 18:20
Re 19:2,3
them that.
Ex 20:6; De 6:5; Ps 91:14; 97:10; Ro 8:28; 1Co 8:3; Eph 6:24
Jas 1:12; 2:5; 1Pe 1:8; 1Jo 4:19-21; 5:2,3
the sun.
2Sa 23:4; Ps 19:4,5; 37:6; Pr 4:18; Da 12:3; Ho 6:3; Mt 13:43
And the land.The victory here celebrated in this song, was of such happy consequence to Israel, that for the principal part of one age, they enjoyed the peace to which it had been the means of opening the way. The land had rest forty years, that is, so long it was from this victory to the raising up of Gideon. And well would it have been for the Israelites, if while the tribes had rest, they had taken advantage of the cessation from war, and had walked in the fear of the Lord.
3:11,30
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Context
- Judges 5:30
Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
- 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.
Judges 5:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así perezcan todos tus enemigos, oh Jehová: mas los que le aman, sean como el sol cuando nace en su fuerza. Y la tierra reposó cuarenta años. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qu’ainsi périssent tous tes ennemis, ô Éternel! mais que ceux qui t’aiment soient comme le soleil quand il sort dans sa force! Et le pays fut en repos 40 ans. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Also mögen umkommen alle deine Feinde, Jehova! aber die ihn lieben, seien wie die Sonne aufgeht in ihrer Kraft! -Und das Land hatte Ruhe vierzig Jahre. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sic pereant omnes inimici tui, Domine: qui autem diligunt te, sicut sol in ortu suo splendet, ita rutilent. |