SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 5:31

5:31a So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD!

O Yahweh, may all your (sing.) enemies perish like this.
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Yahweh, let all your enemies die like General Sisera.

5:31b But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.”

And may all who love you be like the sun when it rises dazzling bright.”
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But let all your friends be strong like the bright rising sun.”

5:31c And the land had rest for forty years.

After that the country was at peace for forty years.
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Then the people of Israel had no more wars for forty (40) years.

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