Psalm 83:9
New International Version
Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

New Living Translation
Do to them as you did to the Midianites and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

English Standard Version
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

Berean Standard Bible
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

King James Bible
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

New King James Version
Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,

New American Standard Bible
Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the river of Kishon,

NASB 1995
Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,

NASB 1977
Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon,

Legacy Standard Bible
Do to them as to Midian, As to Sisera, and Jabin at the river of Kishon,

Amplified Bible
Deal with them as [You did] with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,

Christian Standard Bible
Deal with them as you did with Midian, as you did with Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Deal with them as You did with Midian, as You did with Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

American Standard Version
Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

Contemporary English Version
Our Lord, punish all of them as you punished Midian. Destroy them, as you destroyed Sisera and Jabin at Kishon Creek

English Revised Version
Do thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

Good News Translation
Do to them what you did to the Midianites, and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

International Standard Version
Deal with them as you did to Midian, Sisera, and Jabin at the Kishon Brook.

Majority Standard Bible
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

NET Bible
Do to them as you did to Midian--as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!

New Heart English Bible
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

Webster's Bible Translation
Do to them as to the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

World English Bible
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Do to them as Midian, "" As Sisera, as Jabin, at the Brook of Kishon.

Young's Literal Translation
Do to them as to Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the stream Kishon.

Smith's Literal Translation
Do to them as Midian, as Sisera, as Jabin, at the torrent Bison:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Do to them as thou didst to Madian and to Sisara: as to Jabin at the brook of Cisson.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Do to them as you did to Midian and Sisera, just as to Jabin at the torrent of Kishon.

New American Bible
Deal with them as with Midian; as with Sisera and Jabin at the wadi Kishon,

New Revised Standard Version
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the Wadi Kishon,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Do to them as to the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the valley of Kishon;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Do to them as to Midian and as to Sisera and as to Nabin in the valley of Qishon,
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Do thou to them as to Madiam, and to Sisera; as to Jabin at the brook of Kison.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Do Not Be Still, O God
8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah 9Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon, 10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.…

Cross References
Judges 4:15-16
And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot. / Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.

Judges 7:22-25
And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath. / Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites. / Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah. ...

Judges 8:10-12
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen. / And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise. / When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.

Judges 4:21
But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.

Judges 5:31
So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

Judges 7:19-21
Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands. / The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!” / Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.

Judges 8:28
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,

1 Samuel 12:9-11
But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them. / Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’ / So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

Isaiah 9:4
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

Isaiah 10:26
And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.

Hebrews 11:32-34
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

1 Corinthians 10:11
Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

2 Corinthians 10:3-4
For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. / The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

Ephesians 6:12-13
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. / Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.


Treasury of Scripture

Do to them as to the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

as unto

Numbers 31:7,8
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males…

Judges 7:22-25
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath…

Isaiah 9:4
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

as to Sisera

Judges 4:15-24
And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet…

of Kison.

Judges 5:21
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

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Psalm 83
1. A complaint to God of the enemies conspiracies
9. A prayer against those who oppress the Church














Do to them as You did to Midian
This phrase calls upon the historical account of God's deliverance of Israel from the Midianites, as recorded in Judges 6-8. The Hebrew root for "Midian" (מִדְיָן) refers to a nomadic tribe that oppressed Israel until God raised Gideon to defeat them. This victory was miraculous, achieved with only 300 men, emphasizing God's power and sovereignty. The psalmist's invocation of this event is a plea for divine intervention, reminding the faithful of God's past faithfulness and encouraging trust in His ability to deliver His people from overwhelming odds.

as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon
The mention of "Sisera and Jabin" recalls the narrative in Judges 4-5, where God delivered Israel from the Canaanite king Jabin and his commander Sisera. The Hebrew root for "Sisera" (סִיסְרָא) and "Jabin" (יָבִין) are tied to this account of divine intervention. The "River Kishon" (נַחַל קִישׁוֹן) was the site of Sisera's defeat, where God caused a rainstorm to flood the river, bogging down the enemy's chariots. This historical context underscores God's control over nature and His ability to orchestrate events for the deliverance of His people. The psalmist's reference serves as a reminder of God's past victories and a call for similar deliverance in the present.

(9-12) For the historical allusion see references in margin. The splendid victories of Barak and Gideon were the constant theme of poets and prophets when trying to encourage their own generation by the examples of the past. (See Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:26; Habakkuk 3:7.)

Verse 9. - Do unto them as unto the Midianites. The allusion is probably to the discomfiture of the Midianites by Gideon (Judges 7:19-25; Judges 8:1-12). As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison (see Judges 4:5).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do
עֲשֵֽׂה־ (‘ă·śêh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to them
לָהֶ֥ם (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

as You did to Midian,
כְּמִדְיָ֑ן (kə·miḏ·yān)
Preposition-k | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4080: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled

as to Sisera
כְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥א (kə·sî·sə·rā)
Preposition-k | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5516: Sisera -- a general of the king of Hazor, also the father of some returning exiles

and Jabin
כְ֝יָבִ֗ין (ḵə·yā·ḇîn)
Preposition-k | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2985: Jabin -- 'one who is intelligent', two Canaanite kings

at the River
בְּנַ֣חַל (bə·na·ḥal)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

Kishon,
קִישֽׁוֹן׃ (qî·šō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7028: Kishon -- a wadi in the plain of Megiddo


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