Judges 5:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A most striking conclusion, in which the spiritual truth, which the whole narrative is intended to convey, comes out. The enemies of the Lord will perish like the host of Sisera, and all their hope...
Judges 5:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but [let] them that love him [be] as the (x) sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. (x) Shall grow daily more and more in G...
Judges 5:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

So. Figure of speech Epiphonema. had rest. See note on Judges 3:11 .
Judges 5:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 265 THE PRAYER OF DEBORAH 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. OF the victories gained b...
Judges 5:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [183...
Judges 5:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord...
Judges 5:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deborah's Triumph Song This song celebrates the victory of Judges 4 but from the point of view, not of a later annalist, but of a contemporary poet—very possibly (though see Judges 5:12 ) the p...
Judges 5:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord. — The abrupt burst in which the song rushes, as it were, to its conclusion, is very grand. The total frustration of the hopes of the princesses is all the m...
Judges 5:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DEBORAH'S SONG: A DIVINE VISION Judges 5:1-31 THE song of Deborah and Barak is twofold, the first portion, ending with the eleventh verse, a chant of rising hope and pious encouragement during...
Judges 5:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

at the Mercy of Midian Judges 5:24-31 ; Judges 6:1-6 What a contrast our reading suggests between those that love the Lord and go from strength to strength in the undimming luster and influenc...
Judges 5:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have preserved for us the great song of Deborah, composed and sung in celebration of the victory. It is full of fire and passion and is a remarkable index to the character of the woman hersel...
Judges 5:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The song as beautifully ends in prayer as it had opened in praise: to the contents of which every lover of the Lord Jesus and his Church, cannot but say Amen. They who love God's church, must hate th...
Judges 5:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord !.... As Sisera and his army did, and be disappointed as his mother and her ladies were; which is not only a wish or prayer that it might be, but a prophecy t...
Judges 5:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 31. So let all thine enemies perish,...
Judges 5:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So let thine enemies perish, O Lord That is, so suddenly, so surely, so effectually and irrecoverably; an elegant apostrophe of the prophetess this, in turning and addressing her speech to God; tha...
Judges 5:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARAK (vv.1-31) To celebrate God's great victory over Canaan, Deborah and Barak sang a remarkable song. Since Deborah's name is mentioned first, it seems likely that she...
Judges 5:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a...
Judges 5:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So, i.e. so suddenly, so surely, so effectually and irrecoverably. When he goeth forth in his might; when he first riseth, and so goeth on in his course, which he doth with great might, even as...
Judges 5:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Cry of Triumph ( Judges 5:31 ). Judges 5:31 a “So let all your enemies perish, Oh Yahweh. But let those who love him be as the sun when he goes out in his might.” Deborah finishes wit...
Judges 5:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 5— Judges 5:23-31 THE MISERABLE END OF THE WICKED CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 5:23 . Curse ye Meroz, etc.] (See above p. 285.) No fellow creature may presume to pronounce a curse on anoth...
Judges 5:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 5:31 What the Old Testament especially teaches us is this, that zeal is as essentially a duty of all God's rational creatures as prayer and praise, faith and submission; and surely, if so,...
Judges 5:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:4 . When thou wentest out of Seir. God came from Teman, in Seir; he covered the heavens with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise. Zechariah 3:3 . In like manner he now arose...
Judges 5:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

So let all Thine enemies perish, O Lord. The imprecations of the Old Testament I have chosen this verse rather than any detailed utterances from the imprecations that are found in the imprecato...
Judges 5:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah , etc. The ode which follows was doubtless the composition of Deborah the prophetess, and was sung by her (as the gender of the Hebrew verb indicate...
Judges 5:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat and Death of Sisera
Judges 5:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:3 ; 1 John 4:19-21 ; 1 John 5:2 ; 1 John 5:3 ; 1 Peter 1:8 ; 2 Samuel 23:4 ; Daniel 12:3 ; Deuteronomy 6:5 ; Ephesians 6:24 ; Exodus 20:6 ; Hosea 6:3 ; James 1:12 ; James...
Judges 5:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So let — That is, so suddenly, so surely, so effectual and irrecoverably. Deborah was a prophetess and this prayer was a prediction, that in due time all God's enemies shall perish. In his might —...

Judges 5:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 5:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 5:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 5:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Judges 5:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 5:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 5:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 5:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 5:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 5:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 5:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 5:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 5:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 5:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 5:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 5:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 5:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 5:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 5:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 5:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 5:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 5:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes