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Judg. 5:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So let all thine enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
perish
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
m, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: but let them that love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
him be as the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
a when he goeth forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
in hisb might
gbuwrah (Hebrew #1369)
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
KJV usage: force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.
Pronounce: gheb-oo-raw'
Origin: feminine passive participle from the same as 1368
. And the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
had rest
shaqat (Hebrew #8252)
to repose (usually figurative)
KJV usage: appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
Pronounce: shaw-kat'
Origin: a primitive root
forty
'arba`iym (Hebrew #705)
forty
KJV usage: -forty.
Pronounce: ar-baw-eem'
Origin: multiple of 702
years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
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Psa. 92:9• 9For, lo, thine enemies, Jehovah—{HR}For, lo, thine enemies—shall perish;{HR}Scattered shall be all doers of iniquity. (Psa. 92:9)
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2 Sam. 23:4• 4And he shall be as the light of the morning,{HR}When the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ;{HR}As the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. (2 Sam. 23:4)
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Psa. 37:6• 6And he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light,{HR}And thy judgment as the noon-day. (Psa. 37:6)
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Prov. 4:18• 18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light{HR}Going on and brightening to the perfect day. (Prov. 4:18)
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Psa. 19:5• 5And it [is] as a bridegroom going forth from his bridal chamber;{HR}It rejoiceth as a mighty man to run a course. (Psa. 19:5)

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So let.
Psa. 48:4‑5• 4For lo! the kings met, they passed through together.
 5They saw, so they wondered, they were terrified, they fled in alarm. (Psa. 48:4‑5)
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Psa. 58:10‑11• 10The righteous one shall rejoice,{HR}For he hath seen vengeance;{HR}His steps he shall wash in the blood of the wicked one;
 11And a man shall say, Surely the righteous one hath fruit;{HR}Surely there is a God judging in the earth. (Psa. 58:10‑11)
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Psa. 68:1‑3• 1To the chief musician; of David, a psalm, a song.{HR}Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered,{HR}And those that hate him flee from before him.
 2As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive away;{HR}As wax melteth before fire,{HR}The wicked shall perish from before God.
 3And the righteous shall be glad,{HR}They shall exult before God{HR}And rejoice with gladness. (Psa. 68:1‑3)
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Psa. 83:9‑18• 9Do to them as [to] Midian, as [to] Sisera,{HR}As [to] Jabin, at the river Kishon.
 10They were destroyed at Endor;{HR}They became dung for the ground.
 11Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb;{HR}Yea, all their princes as Zebah and as Zalmunna;
 12Who said, Let us take to our inheritance the habitations of God.
 13O my God, make them as the whirling thing,{HR}As stubble before the wind.
 14As fire will burn a forest,{HR}And as a flame will set mountains on fire,
 15So pursue them with thy tempest{HR}And with thy whirlwind trouble them.
 16Fill their faces with shame,{HR}That [and] they will seek thy name, O Jehovah.
 17They shall be ashamed and dismayed forever,{HR}And they shall be confounded and perish.
 18And they shall know that thou alone,{HR}Whose name [is] Jehovah,{HR}[Art] Most High above all the earth. (Psa. 83:9‑18)
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Psa. 92:9• 9For, lo, thine enemies, Jehovah—{HR}For, lo, thine enemies—shall perish;{HR}Scattered shall be all doers of iniquity. (Psa. 92:9)
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Psa. 97:8• 8Zion heard and rejoiced,{HR}And Judah's daughters were glad,{HR}Because of thy judgments, O Jehovah. (Psa. 97:8)
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Rev. 6:10• 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth? (Rev. 6:10)
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Rev. 18:20• 20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets: for God hath judged your judgment on her. (Rev. 18:20)
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Rev. 19:2‑3• 2for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
 3And a second time they said, Alleluia! and her smoke riseth up unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 19:2‑3)
them that.
Ex. 20:6• 6and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. (Ex. 20:6)
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Deut. 6:5• 5And thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Deut. 6:5)
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Psa. 91:14• 14Because he hath set his love on me,{HR}I too will deliver him;{HR}I will set him on high,{HR}Because he knoweth my name. (Psa. 91:14)
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Psa. 97:10• 10Lovers of Jehovah, hate evil!{HR}He keepeth the souls of his saints (pious ones),{HR}From the hand of the wicked ones he delivereth them. (Psa. 97:10)
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Rom. 8:28• 28But we do know that all things work together for good to those that love God, to those that are called according to purpose. (Rom. 8:28)
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1 Cor. 8:3• 3but if anyone loveth God, he is known by him. (1 Cor. 8:3)
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Eph. 6:24• 24grace with all that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption. (Eph. 6:24)
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James 1:12• 12Blest [is] a man who endureth trial; because, having been put to the proof, he shall receive the crown of life which he promised to those that love him. (James 1:12)
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James 2:5• 5Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those that love him? (James 2:5)
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1 Peter 1:8• 8whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though not now seeing but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and glorified, (1 Peter 1:8)
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1 John 4:19‑21• 19We love, because he first loved us.
 20If Anyone say, I love God, and hate 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?
 21And this commandment have we from him, that he that loveth God love also his brother. (1 John 4:19‑21)
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1 John 5:2‑3• 2Herein we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep his commandments.
 3For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:2‑3)
the sun.
2 Sam. 23:4• 4And he shall be as the light of the morning,{HR}When the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ;{HR}As the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. (2 Sam. 23:4)
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Psa. 19:4‑5• 4In all the earth their line has gone forth,{HR}And their speech unto the end of the world;{HR}In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun;
 5And it [is] as a bridegroom going forth from his bridal chamber;{HR}It rejoiceth as a mighty man to run a course. (Psa. 19:4‑5)
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Psa. 37:6• 6And he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light,{HR}And thy judgment as the noon-day. (Psa. 37:6)
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Prov. 4:18• 18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light{HR}Going on and brightening to the perfect day. (Prov. 4:18)
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Dan. 12:3• 3They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that instruct the many in righteousness, are to shine as the stars forever and ever. (Dan. 12:3)
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Hos. 6:3• 3And we shall know, — we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth. (Hos. 6:3)
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Matt. 13:43• 43Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear. (Matt. 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.
Judg. 3:11,30• 11And the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
 30And Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years. (Judg. 3:11,30)
• Deborah proclaims her hope. She looks on to that glorious day, when the Lord having executed judgment, the saints in Israel shall shine forth as the sun itself, like Him whose countenance was, in the eyes of the prophet, "as the sun shineth in his strength." (Rev. 1: 16, c. f. Matt. 13:43.) (“The Conference at Jerusalem: Eating Blood”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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So let all thine enemies perish, Jehovah!{HR}But let them that love him{HR}Be as the rising of the sun in its might.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)