Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Parallel translations
- WEB Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
- KJV Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
- BSB Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
- NASB Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, And all their leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,
- NLT Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,
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Quick answer
The psalmist asks that the enemy nobles meet the fate of Oreb, Zeeb, Zebah, and Zalmunna. He prays the present foes fall as Midian's leaders once did.
Overview
Naming the Midianite princes whom Gideon defeated (Judg. 7-8), the psalmist asks God to bring the current enemy leaders to the same end. Cutting off the leaders breaks the strength of the alliance. The appeal rests on God's consistent justice in humbling those who exalt themselves against Him.
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Cross-references · 2
- Judg 7:25They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at Oreb’s rock, and Zeeb they killed at Zeeb’s wine press; and pursued Midian. Then they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
- Judg 8:12–21Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued them. He took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the army.
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