Judges 9:50
What does Judges 9:50 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 9:50 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and put his army in position against Thebez and took it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Abimelech goeth unto Thebez, and encampeth against Thebez, and captureth it,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Then Abimelech, departing from thence, came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
Context
v.49And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
v.50This passage
v.51But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.