Judges 5:31 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The song closes by praying that God's enemies perish and His friends shine like the rising sun, and the land rests forty years.
What Does Judges 5:31 Mean?
The hymn ends with a great twofold prayer: let all the LORD's enemies come to nothing, but let those who love Him be like the sun rising in its full strength. Then the chapter closes in peace, with the land resting forty years.
Here is the song's final vision and its lasting promise. Those who oppose God fade away, but those who love Him grow ever brighter, shining with borrowed splendor like the dawn. It is a glimpse of the end toward which all God's deliverances point: His enemies undone, His people radiant, and the long-awaited rest at last secured.
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What does Judges 5:31 mean?
The song closes by praying that God's enemies perish and His friends shine like the rising sun, and the land rests forty years.