Judges 9:51

Judges chapter 9 · verse 51 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But 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.

Context

v.50Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

v.51This passage

v.52And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.