Judges 5:31

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

📖 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 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.
• Ps 19:4-5 : 4 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, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
• Ps 37:6 : 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
• Ps 89:36 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
• Ps 91:14 : 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.
• Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
• Jas 1:12 : 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.
• Jas 2:5 : 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?
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 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:
• Matt 13:43 : 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
• Rom 8:28 : 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.
• 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
• Ps 83:9-9 : 9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. 17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
• Ps 97:10 : 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.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Judg 3:11 : 11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
• Judg 3:30 : 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
• Exod 20:6 : 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
• Deut 6:5 : 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
• Ps 48:4-5 : 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
• Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
• Ps 68:1-3 : 1 To the chief Musician, A alm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
• Ps 92:9 : 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
• Ps 97:8 : 8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. Written from Rome unto the esians by Tychicus.
• 1 John 4:19-21 : 19 We love him, because he first loved us. 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
• 1 John 5:2-3 : 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
• Rev 6:10 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
• Rev 18:20 : 20 joice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
• Rev 19:2-3 : 2 For true and righteous a his judgments: for he hath judged the gat who, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.