Deuteronomy 33:7
in Deuteronomy 33And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”
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ASV
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And bring him in unto his people. With his hands he contended for himself; And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.
KJV
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 33
Commentary
7 notes on this verseHear, Lord - God will hear his prayer for the accomplishment of those great things promised to that tribe, Gen. xlix, 8-12. This implies the delays and difficulties Judah would meet with, that would drive him to his prayers, which would be with success.
This site's exposition
O LORD, hear the cry of Judah
Judah gets a prayer where Genesis 49:8-12 gave a sceptre and Shiloh. The whole of it asks for help in a fight and for the tribe to be brought home to its people.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And this is the blessing of Judah,....
It may refer in particular to David, as a type of Christ, that God would hear his prayers, Ps. xx. 1 (and Christ was heard always, John xi. 42 ), that he would give him victory over his enemies, and success in his great undertakings.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
this is the blessing of Judah--Its general purport points to the great power and independence of Judah, as well as its taking the lead in all military expeditions.
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And this is the blessing of Judah - Though the word blessing is not in the text, yet it may be implied from Deu 33:1; but probably the words, he spake, are those which should be supplied: And this he spake of Judah, Lord, hear the voice of Judah; that is, says the Targum, receive his prayer when he goes out to battle, and let him be brought back in safety to his own people. Let his hands be sufficient for him - let him have a sufficiency of warriors always to support the tribe, and vindicate its rights; and let his enemies never be able to prevail against him! Three things are expressed here: 1. That the tribe of Judah, conscious of its weakness, shall depend on the Most High, and make prayer and supplication to him; 2. That God will hear such prayer; and, 3. That his hands shall be increased, and that he shall prevail over his enemies. This blessing has a striking affinity with that which this tribe received from Jacob, Gen 49:9; and both may refer to our blessed Lord, who sprang from this tribe, as is noticed on the above passage, who has conquered our deadly foes by his death, and whose praying posterity ever prevail through his might.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Bring him unto his people - Moses, taking up the promise of Jacob, prays that Judah, marching forth at the head of the tribes, might ever be brought back in safety and victory; arm intimates that God would grant help to accomplish this.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֹ֣את | vezot | and this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| לִֽיהוּדָה֮ | lihudah | of Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וַיֹּאמַר֒ | vaiyomar | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שְׁמַ֤ע | shema' | hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| ק֣וֹל | kol | [the] voice of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עַמּ֖וֹ | amo | people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| תְּבִיאֶ֑נּוּ | tevienu | you will bring him | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יָדָיו֙ | yadav | own hands his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| רָ֣ב | rav | he contended | H7378 → | |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | for <the> himself | ||
| וְעֵ֥זֶר | veezer | and a help | H5828 → | 21 times |
| מִצָּרָ֖יו | mitzarav | from foes his | H6862 → | 109 times |
| תִּהְיֶֽה׃ ס | tihyeh | you will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
וְזֹ֣אתand this
vezotH2063 →603 times
לִֽיהוּדָה֮of Judah
lihudahH3063 →819 times
וַיֹּאמַר֒and he said
vaiyomarH559 →5305 times
שְׁמַ֤עhear
shema'H8085 →1159 times
יְהוָה֙O Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
ק֣וֹל[the] voice of
kolH6963 →506 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
עַמּ֖וֹpeople his
amoH5971 →1873 times
תְּבִיאֶ֑נּוּyou will bring him
tevienuH935 →2568 times
יָדָיו֙own hands his
yadavH3027 →1618 times
רָ֣בhe contended
ravH7378 →
ל֔וֹfor <the> himself
lo
וְעֵ֥זֶרand a help
veezerH5828 →21 times
מִצָּרָ֖יוfrom foes his
mitzaravH6862 →109 times
תִּהְיֶֽה׃ סyou will be
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- Psalms 144:15
Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
- Psalms 71:5
For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
- Psalms 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
Through
1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
it leads to
- Psalms 110:1
The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- Hebrews 10:12–13
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- Matthew 22:44
‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
- Psalms 2:6–10
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- Psalms 110:1
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.