Judges 3:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּכָּנַ֤ע מוֹאָב֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא תַּ֖חַת יַ֣ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָאָ֖רֶץ שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

And-wattikkānaʿ môʾāb in-the-yôm the-hahûʾ taḥat hand yiśrāʾēl and-wattišqōṭ the-hāʾāreṣ eighty šānāh.

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction + consecutive - and
*tikkānaʿ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she was subdued
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
*ba-yôm*: preposition + definite noun, masculine singular - in the day
*ha-hûʾ*: definite pronoun, masculine singular - that
*taḥat*: preposition - under
*yad*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*wa-tišqōṭ*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she rested
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite noun, feminine singular - the land
*šĕmônîm*: numeral - eighty
*šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
*s*: section marker

Word Meanings

*wattikkānaʿ*: and it was subdued/humbled/brought low
*taḥat yad*: under the hand of/under the authority of
*wattišqōṭ*: and it rested/was quiet/had peace
*hāʾāreṣ*: the land/country/territory

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 3:11 : 11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Judg 5:31 : 31 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Kgs 3:23-26
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77%
23and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
24And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.
25And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth [only] they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.
Judg 8:28
77%
28So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
Judg 3:28-29
2 verses
76%
28And he said unto them, Follow after me; for Jehovah hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over.
29And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.
Judg 3:14
75%
14And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Judg 3:31
75%
31And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who smote of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox - goad: and he also saved Israel.
Judg 3:11-12
2 verses
74%
11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
12And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
Num 22:3-4
2 verses
74%
3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
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2 Kgs 3:18
73%
18And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
Judg 10:8
73%
8And they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
2 Kgs 3:4-5
2 verses
72%
4Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.
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Jer 48:42
71%
42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.
Judg 4:23
71%
23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.
Num 21:30-31
2 verses
71%
30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, And we have laid waste even unto Nophah, Which [reacheth] unto Medeba.
31Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Judg 11:26
71%
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Isa 25:10
71%
10For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
Isa 16:13-14
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70%
13This is the word that Jehovah spake concerning Moab in time past.
14But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.
Num 21:24
70%
24And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
Judg 11:15
70%
15and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,
2 Chr 20:30
70%
30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
2 Kgs 3:21
69%
21Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
Jer 48:20
69%
20Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Judg 3:8
69%
8Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.