Psalms 82:12
Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Pone principes eorum sicut Oreb, et Zeb, et Zebee, et Salmana : omnes principes eorum,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- θοῦ τοὺς ἄρχοντας αὐτῶν ὡς τὸν Ὠρὴβ καὶ Ζὴβ καὶ Ζέβεε καὶ Σελμανά, πάντας τοὺς ἄρχοντας αὐτῶν,
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 83:12
- שִׁיתֵ֣מוֹ נְ֭דִיבֵמוֹ כְּעֹרֵ֣ב וְכִזְאֵ֑ב וּֽכְזֶ֥בַח וּ֝כְצַלְמֻנָּ֗ע כָּל נְסִיכֵֽמוֹ
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXXXIII
7. Now let us see what the prophetic spirit prays may fall upon them, rather foretelling than cursing. “Do thou to them,” he saith, “as unto Madian and Sisera, as unto Jabin at the brook of Kishon” ( ver. 9 ). “They perished at Endor, they became as the dung of the earth” ( ver. 10 ). All these, the history relates, were subdued and conquered by Israel, which then was the people of God: as was the case also with those whom he next mentions: “Make their princes like Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana” ( ver. 11 ). The meaning of these names is as follows: Madian is explained a perverted judgment: Sisera, shutting out of joy: Jabin, wise. …