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Psalms 83:11

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11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
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Psalms 83:11 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
English Standard Version (ESV)
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
New Living Translation (NLT)
11 Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,
The Message Bible (MSG)
11 Cut down their leaders as you did Oreb and Zeeb, their princes to nothings like Zebah and Zalmunna,
American Standard Version (ASV)
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
11 Treat their influential people as you treated Oreb and Zeeb. Treat all their leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
11 Do to the nobles of your enemies what you did to Oreb and Zeeb. Do to all of their princes what you did to Zebah and Zalmunna.

Psalms 83:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:11

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb
Two princes of Midian, who were slain, the one at the rock Oreb, and the other at the winepress of Zeeb, so called after their names, ( Judges 7:25 ) ,

yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna;
kings of Midian, slain by Gideon, ( Judges 8:21 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Psalms 83:11 In-Context

9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10 who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Judges 7:25
  • 2. S Judges 8:5; Judges 8:12,21
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