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Judges 9:17

MidianMidian

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.’

16 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—

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—

19 if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.

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Compare

BSB
for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
KJV
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
WEB
(for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
ASV
(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
DARBY
for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
BLB
for my father fought for you⁺ and cast away his life from [him], and delivered you⁺ out of the hand of Midian.
ÅB
dengang min far stred for dere og vågde sitt liv og frelste dere av midianittenes hånd
OTB
for min far kjempet for dere og risikerte sitt liv for å redde dere fra Midjans hånd;
B1930
dengang min far stred for eder og vågde sitt liv og frelste eder av midianittenes hånd

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 5:8

    But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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  • Judges 7:1–25

    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

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  • Revelation 12:11

    They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

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  • Esther 4:16

    “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

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  • Romans 16:4

    who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

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  • Judges 8:4–10

    Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

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