Devine Scripture

Judges 6:31

Judges chapter 6 · verse 31 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye contend for Baal? or will ye save him? he that will contend for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath broken down his altar.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye contend for Baal? or will ye save him? he that will contend for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath broken down his altar.

Context

v.30Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it.

v.31This passage

v.32Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 115:4

    Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

  • Exodus 23:2

    Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

  • 1 Kings 18:40

    And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

  • Isaiah 46:1

    Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4

    Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

  • Ephesians 5:11

    and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;