Judges 9:39
37 Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
38 “Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
40 but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
41 Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
- KJV
- And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
- WEB
- Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
- ASV
- And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
- DARBY
- And Gaal went out before the citizens of Shechem, and fought against Abimelech.
- BLB
- And Gaal went out before the faces of the masters of Shechem, and he fought with Abimelech.
- ÅB
- Da dro Ga'al ut, og Sikems menn fulgte ham, og de stred imot Abimelek.
- OTB
- Så gikk Gaal ut i siktemål for lederne i Sikem og kjempet mot Abimelek.
- B1930
- Da drog Ga'al ut, og Sikems menn fulgte ham, og de stred imot Abimelek.