Judges 5:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֵּ֠ן יֹאבְד֤וּ כָל־אוֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה וְאֹ֣הֲבָ֔יו כְּצֵ֥את הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ בִּגְבֻרָת֑וֹ וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָאָ֖רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

So abad all-your-enemies, YHWH, but-those-loving-him like-going-forth-of the-sun in-its-might. And-shaqat the-land forty year

Grammar Details

• כֵּ֠ן: adverb - so/thus
• *abad*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will perish
• כָל־אוֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - all your enemies
• *YHWH*: divine name
• וְאֹ֣הֲבָ֔יו: waw conjunction + Qal participle, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - but those loving him
• כְּצֵ֥את: preposition כ + Qal infinitive construct - like going forth of
• הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the sun
• בִּגְבֻרָת֑וֹ: preposition ב + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in its might
• וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and it had rest
• הָאָ֖רֶץ: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
• אַרְבָּעִ֥ים: number - forty
• שָׁנָֽה: noun, feminine singular - year

Word Meanings

• *abad*: perish/be destroyed/be lost
• *shaqat*: be quiet/rest/be at peace

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.
• Ps 19:4-5 : 4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun, 5 Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.
• Ps 37:6 : 6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.
• Ps 89:36 : 36 His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
• Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.
• Dan 12:3 : 3 And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.
• Jas 1:12 : 12 There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
• Matt 13:43 : 43 Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
• 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.
• Ps 83:9-9 : 9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon: 10 Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became dust and waste. 11 Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna: 12 Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God. 13 O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind. 14 As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains, 15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm. 16 Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord. 17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction; 18 So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
• Ps 97:10 : 10 You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
• Judg 3:11 : 11 Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.
• Judg 3:30 : 30 So Moab was broken that day under the hand of Israel. And for eighty years the land had peace.
• Exod 20:6 : 6 And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
• Deut 6:5 : 5 And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
• Ps 48:4-5 : 4 For see! the kings came together by agreement, they were joined together. 5 They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were troubled, and went quickly away in fear.
• Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer. 11 So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.
• Ps 68:1-3 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.> Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him. 2 Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God. 3 But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.
• Ps 92:9 : 9 For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;
• Ps 97:8 : 8 Zion gave ear and was glad; and the daughters of Judah were full of joy, because of your decisions, O Lord.
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 4:19-21 : 19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us. 20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen? 21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.
• 1 John 5:2-3 : 2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws. 3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
• Rev 6:10 : 10 And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?
• Rev 18:20 : 20 Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.
• Rev 19:2-3 : 2 For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants. 3 And again they said, Praise to the Lord. And her smoke went up for ever and ever.