Judges 9:17
What does Judges 9:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 9:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
KJV
King James Version · 1611(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949(For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Midian;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from <FI>him<Fi> , and deliver you from the hand of Midian;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And exposed his life to dangers, to deliver you from the hand of Madian,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
Context
v.16Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and uprightly, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands
v.17This passage
v.18and ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 7:1
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
- Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
- Romans 16:4
who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:
- Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- Judges 8:4
And Gideon came to the Jordan, andpassed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
- Esther 4:16
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.