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Judges 9:16

AbimelechGideon
Faithfulness and loyaltyIntegrity

14 Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’

15 But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—

17 for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,

18 but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—

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BSB
Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
KJV
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, 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;
WEB
“Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands
ASV
Now 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
DARBY
Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and sincerely in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and if ye have done to him according to the deserving of his hands;
BLB
And now, if in truth and sincerity you⁺ have acted in making Abimelech king, and if you⁺ have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and if according to the deed of his hands you⁺ have done to him—
ÅB
Så hør nå: Dersom dere har gått oppriktig og ærlig fram ved å gjøre Abimelek til konge, og dersom dere har gjort vel imot Jerubba'al og hans hus, og dersom dere har gjengjeldt ham det han gjorde
OTB
"Så nå, hvis dere har handlet med ærlighet og integritet ved å gjøre Abimelek til konge, og hvis dere har handlet godt mot Jerubbaal og hans hus, og har behandlet ham som han fortjente—
B1930
Så hør nu: Dersom I har gått opriktig og ærlig frem ved å gjøre Abimelek til konge, og dersom I har gjort vel imot Jerubba'al og hans hus, og dersom I har gjengjeldt ham det han gjorde

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  • Judges 8:35

    They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.

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